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Genetic variation within a dominant shrub species determines plant.pdf

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Genetic variation within a dominant shrub species determines plant

Notes Ecology, 91(4), 2010, pp. 1237–1243 2010 by the Ecological Society of America Genetic variation within a dominant shrub species determines plant species colonization in a coastal dune ecosystem GREGORY M. CRUTSINGER,1,4 SHARON Y. STRAUSS,2 AND JENNIFER A. RUDGERS3 1Department of Integrative Biology, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 USA 2Center for Population Biology, 2320 Storer Hall, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA 3Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005 USA Abstract. The diversity and structure of plant communities is often determined by the presence and identity of competitively dominant species. Recent studies suggest that intraspecific variation within dominants may also have important community-level consequences. In a coastal dunes ecosystem of northern California, we use a decade-old common garden experiment to test the effects of a genetically based architectural dimorphism within a dominant native shrub, Baccharis pilularis, on plant colonization success and understory plant diversity. We found that erect Baccharis morphs had higher richness and cover of colonizing plant species (both native and exotic species) compared to prostrate morphs, as well as higher biomass of a dominant exotic dune grass (Ammophila arenaria). Trait differences between architectural morphs influenced the abiotic understory environment (light availability, soil surface temperature, and litter depth) and were associated with species colonization success. Taken together, our results demonstrate that incorporating within- species variation, particularly within dominant species, into community ecological research can increase the ability to predict patterns of species diversity and assembly within communities. Key words: Ammophila arenaria; Baccharis pilularis; community genetics; dioecy; dunes ecosystem; invasi