Invasions of nonnative plants are widely recognized as one the major threats to biodiversity natural ecosystems on a global scale. Pioneer and ruderal habitats primary locations for penetration alien plants. Both pioneer vegetation very close in their genesis beginning development; therefore, comparative analysis components historical trends would contribute clarifying direction successional ch...

A slightly version of this chapter has been submitted. ABSTRACT Separation of trait values into intra-site (alpha component) and inter-site (beta component) variability is a powerful tool to study plant strategies and drivers of plant trait variation. Here we relate both sources of variation with the competitor-stress tolerator – ruderal (CSR) classification to understand trait patterns across ...

I asked whether Grime's triangle of competitive, stress tolerance and ruderal ecological strategies—which was originally developed for plants—applies to microbes. conducted a synthesis empirical studies that tested relationships among microbial traits presumed define the ruderal, other strategies. There broad support triangle. However, strategies were inconsistently linked shifts in communities...