Ecological Archives E096-206-A1
Qiang Yu, Kevin Wilcox, Kimberly La Pierre, Alan K. Knapp, Xingguo Han, and Melinda D. Smith. 2015. Stoichiometric homeostasis predicts plant species dominance, temporal stability, and responses to global change. Ecology 96:2328–2335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1897.1
Appendix A. Supplmentary table of the experiments included in the study.
Table A1. Summary of the five experiments included in the study.
Experiments |
Acronyms |
Treatments |
Year |
Number of species/plot (mean±SD) |
Reference |
Phosphorus Plots experiment |
PPlots |
0 and 10 g m-2 yr-1 N addition and 0, 2.5, 5, and 10 g m-2 yr-2 P addition crossed |
2003–2011 |
17.0±3.1 |
Avolio et al. 2014 |
Nutrient Network experiment |
NutNet |
0 and 10 g m-2 yr-1 N and P addition crossed |
2008–2011 |
15.1±2.7 |
Borer et al. 2014 |
Climate Extremes Experiment |
CEE |
Precipitation was reduced by 66% |
2010–2011 |
11.7±3.0 |
Hoover et al. 2014 |
Rainfall Manipulation Plots experiment |
RaMPs |
Intervals of precipitation increased 50% |
1998–2011 |
23.3±3.8 |
Fay et al. 2000 |
Irrigation Transect experiment |
IrrT |
Precipitation was increased ~ 37% to eliminate water limitation |
1991–2011 |
15.1±3.5 |
Knapp et al. 2012 |
Long-Term Ecological Research Program at Konza |
LTER |
37 watersheds variously burned at frequencies of every 1, 2, 4, or 20 years, without grazing |
1983–2007 |
33.8±11.1 |
Knapp et al. 1998 |