Contents
Interactions of ants-soil-plants: How grassland plants
cope with heterogeneous environments due to mounds of the terricolous ant
Lasius flavus
Lasius flavus at pastures of the Slovenské Rudohorie
Mts.
Lasius flavus at pastures of the Slovenské Rudohorie
Mts.
Study site: Grasslands in different state of abandonment
Why is it interesting?
Lasius flavus: Basic biological facts for botanists
Aims
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Patterns in vegetation
Patterns in vegetation
Patterns in vegetation
Patterns in vegetation
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Change through succession
Change through succession to forest
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Does mound history affect its current state?
Does mound history affect its current state?
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Soil change with depth
Soil change with depth
Soil change with depth
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Is the mound soil favourable for plant growth?
A phytometric experiment
Is the mound soil favourable for plant growth?
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How plants live on a mound and respond to continuous
burial
Belowground plant biomass: change with depth
Belowground plant biomass: Rhizome architecture
of Agrostis tenuis
Belowground plant biomass: Rhizome architecture
of Agrostis tenuis
Aims
Response to burial of the dominant species (Agrostis
tenuis)
Are there genets adapted to continuous burial:
garden experiment
Are there genets adapted to continuous burial:
garden experiment
Are there genets adapted to continuous burial:
garden experiment
Aims
Dominant species (Agrostis tenuis): Do number of
genets differ between mounds and the rest (different seedling establishment)?
Clonal growth and number of genets: sampling design
Number of genets in microhabitats
Distance between ramets of the same genet
Fitting the Harada et al. function to determine
seed recruitment
Estimated seed recruitment as a function of mother-offspring
distance in clonal growth
Summary
Acknowledgements: Anthill working group
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