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foundation species — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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foundation species

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 68 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on foundation species with 68 nodes and 134 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Asteraceae.

Definition

Species that define ecosystems and provide critical habitat structure, where big sagebrush is a foundation species in steppe ecosystems of western North America

Related Terms (1)

foundational species

Publications (2)

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>)

2021Ecological Applications

Chronic, low-level nitrogen deposition enhances abundances of ant-protected herbivores inhabiting an imperiled foundation species

2021Acta Oecologica

Related Concepts (10)

Population Growth

phenomenon1 shared paper

demographic stochasticity

process1 shared paper

Standard Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index

metric1 shared paper

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

cytotype variation

phenomenon1 shared paper

myrmecophily

phenomenon1 shared paper

genotype-by-environment interactions

process1 shared paper

polyploidization

process1 shared paper

clonal reproduction

process1 shared paper

climate change

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae2 papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae2 papers

Abies lasiocarpa

Pinaceae1 paper

Aquilegia coerulea

Ranunculaceae1 paper

Asteraceae

Asteraceae1 paper

Hymenoptera

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae1 paper

Lepidoptera

Deschampsia cespitosa

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae1 paper