Evidence for the Existence of Three Primary Strategies in Plants and Its Relevance to Ecological and Evolutionary Theory
- J. P. Grime
- BiologyAmerican Naturalist
- 1 November 1977
A triangular model based upon the three strategies of evolution in plants may be reconciled with the theory of r- and K-selection, provides an insight into the processes of vegetation succession and dominance, and appears to be capable of extension to fungi and to animals.
Fluctuating resources in plant communities: a general theory of invasibility
- Mark A. Davis, J. P. Grime, K. Thompson
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 2000
It is concluded that the elusive nature of the invasion process arises from the fact that it depends upon conditions of resource enrichment or release that occur only intermittently and, to result in invasion, must coincide with availability of invading propagules.
Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes.
- C. Piggot, J. P. Grime
- Mathematics
- 1 March 1980
This work presents a meta-analysis of plant strategies developed in the Established Phase and their applications in the Regenerative Strategies Phase, which addresses the question of how best to exploit the regenerative properties of cannabis.
Benefits of plant diversity to ecosystems: immediate, filter and founder effects
- J. P. Grime
- Environmental Science
- 1 December 1998
It is predicted that a progressive loss of ecosystem functions will arise from the decline in the precision with which dominants can engage in the re-assembly and relocation of ecosystems.
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
Larger numbers of species are probably needed to reduce temporal variability in ecosystem processes in changing environments and to determine how biodiversity dynamics, ecosystem processes, and abiotic factors interact.
Competitive Exclusion in Herbaceous Vegetation
- J. P. Grime
- Environmental ScienceNature
- 30 March 1973
IN maintaining or reconstructing types of herbaceous vegetation in which the density of flowering plants exceeds 20 species/m2—the so-called “species-rich” communities, success is often frustrated by…
Comparative Plant Ecology
- J. P. Grime, J. Hodgson, R. Hunt
- Environmental ScienceSpringer Netherlands
- 1988
Trait convergence and trait divergence in herbaceous plant communities: Mechanisms and consequences
- J. P. Grime
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 2006
Empirical data suggest that disturbance is the more potent driver of trait differentiation and species co-existence at a local scale, and an additional difference is predicted in terms of the effects of the two filters on ecosystem functioning.
Comparative Plant Ecology: A Functional Approach to Common British Species
- J. P. Grime, J. Hodgson, R. Hunt
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 1989
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GERMINATION CHARACTERISTICS IN A LOCAL FLORA
- J. P. Grime, G. Mason, S. Shaw
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 1981
Under constant temperature conditions, the majority of grasses, legumes and composites germinated over a wide range of temperature, and the same feature was evident in species of ubiquitous or southern distribution in the British Isles.
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