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Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Functional Plant Ecology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1534119
This article is part of the Research Topic Plant Diversity: The Key to Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World View all 10 articles

Plant Diversity: The Key to Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World

Provisionally accepted
Claudia Bita-Nicolae Claudia Bita-Nicolae 1*Praveen Dhyani Praveen Dhyani 2
  • 1 Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2 Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    In a world shaped by climate fluctuations (Ditlevsen et al. 2002), natural disasters and changing 14 human impacts (Benevolenza & DeRigne, 2019), the richness and diversity of plant species 15 within ecosystems are key factors influencing the resilience of the ecosystem. Plants are 16 fundamental species that, at the base of the trophic pyramid, provide food, shelter and resources 17 to many other species (Christenhusz & Byng, 2016) Gramineae and Cyperaceae reduced their numbers, narrowed their niche widths, and decreased 79 niche overlap. The loss of species diversity caused significant changes in the niches of 80 remaining species, with increased negative species associations. Niche differences, driven by 81 resource allocation, were vital in shaping species composition dynamics in the community. 82The authors contributing to this research explored how plant diversity influences ecosystem 83 resilience, including its impact on nutrient cycling, productivity and interactions with other 84 species. The authors analyzed how different disturbances, from natural events to human-85 induced activities, interact with plant diversity to form resilience. Recent advances in ecological 86 modeling, remote sensing technologies, and genetic analysis have allowed further exploration 87 of these dynamics. 88

    Keywords: Plant communities, Ecosystem stability, Abiotic stressors, Climatic conditions, 10 biodiversity. 11 12

    Received: 25 Nov 2024; Accepted: 03 Dec 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Claudia Bita-Nicolae, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

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