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The Influence of Island Area on Ecosystem Properties

Wardle, David A., Zackrisson, Olle, Hörnberg, Greger, Gallet, Christiane·1997·Science

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Island area is frequently a major determinant of the species composition of biological communities; community structure, in turn, often has important effects on ecosystem-level properties. Fifty islands of varying area were selected in an archipelago in the northern Swedish boreal forest zone, in which larger islands burn more frequently than smaller ones through wildfire arising from lightning strike, thus inducing a significant relationship between island area and plant species composition. This relationship was found to be a major factor in determining several ecosystem-level properties of these islands, including standing biomass, plant litter decomposition, nitrogen mineralization, terrestrial carbon partitioning, humus accumulation, and plant nitrogen acquisition.

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Authors: Wardle, D. A., Zackrisson, O., Hörnberg, G., & Gallet, C.
Affiliations: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
D. A. Wardle, O. Zackrisson, G. Hörnberg, Department of Forest Vegetation Ecology, Faculty of Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umeå, Sweden.
Corresponding author: Wardle, David A.
ORCID: Wardle, David A.
Gallet, Christiane
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 1997-08-29
Volume: 277
Issue: 5330
Pages: 1296-1299
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5330.1296
OpenAlex: W2064079357
Cited by: 641
References: 27
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 25
FWCI: 37.42
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Keywords: island size, species composition, community structure, ecosystem properties, plant litter decomposition, nitrogen mineralization, carbon allocation, humus accumulation, plant nitrogen acquisition, standing biomass

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