Diversity of plant assemblages dampens the variability of the growing season phenology in wetland landscapes.
Guillaume RheaultEsther LévesqueRaphaël ProulxPublished in: BMC ecology and evolution (2021)
The latter dampening effect may be particularly important in the context of increasing anthropogenic activities, which are predicted to impair the ability of wetlands to adapt to fluctuating environmental conditions. Our findings suggest that stakeholders should not necessarily consider local species-poor plant communities of lower conservation value to the global functioning of wetland ecosystems.