Plant Ecology Laboratory
Research in our lab focuses on diversity patterns in biological communities, and on the interactions underlying these patterns. The main questions we address are: how do communities vary along natural gradients and gradients of human impact? What are the major assembly rules shaping communities; and are they attributable to biotic interactions or environmental heterogeneity? What are the roles of different biotic interactions - including competition, facilitation, herbivory and symbiosis - in structuring communities? Read more
News archive - November
New article predicts how the distribution of rigid ryegrass changes under different climate change scenarios
November 2015
David García de León published with Elena Castellanos-Frias Fernando Bastida and José L. González Andújar a paper entitled “Predicting global geographical distribution of Lolium rigidum (rigid ryegrass) under climate change” in Journal of Agricultural Science.
In this paper the authors provide the knowledge for identifying and highlighting the potential invasion risk areas, at a global scale, by Lolium rigidum (rigid ryegrass) under climate change scenarios. The model’s projection showed an increase in potentially suitable areas in North America, Europe, South America and Asia; while in Africa and Oceania it indicated regression.
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