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. 2018 Aug 8;6:e5342. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5342

Table 2. Parameter values for traits of native plants.

Note that maximum age is aligned for all species. Reproduction and dispersal values are not considered for native species as we were not interested in the fate of native species in this approach. Parameter values were either directly retrieved or approximated (∗) from the available literature. The composition of the native community in uneven mixtures is based on seed bank values. Initial seed density for F. rubra (∗∗) has been approximated from vegetation cover (30%) as retrieved from Edwards & Crawley (1999), assuming that all seeds germinate and build the entire native community.

Species Parameter Unit Value Source
Plantago lanceolata Seed weight mg 1.4 Schmitt, Niles & Wulff (1992)*
Maximum biomass mg 8,000 Janeček, Patáčová & Klimešová (2014)
Repulsion of herbivores [] 0.4 Radny et al. (in press)
Initial seeds 1m2 85 Edwards & Crawley (1999)
Hypericum perforatum Seed weight mg 0.09 Fox et al. (1999)
Maximum biomass mg 5,800 Vilà, Gómez & Maron (2003)
Repulsion of herbivores [] 0.9 Radny et al. (in press)
Initial seeds 1m2 98 Matus, Papp & Tóthmérész (2005)
Agrostis capillaris Seed weight mg 0.06 Stukonis & Slepetys (2013)
Maximum biomass mg 4,000 Ehlers (2011)
Repulsion of herbivores [] 0.3 Radny et al. (in press)
Initial seeds 1m2 1,343 Edwards & Crawley (1999)*
Festuca rubra Seed weight mg 0.77 Larson, Anderson & Newton (2001)
Maximum biomass mg 12,000 Corbin & D’Antonio (2004)*
Repulsion of herbivores [] 0.3 Radny et al. (in press)
Initial seeds 1m2 654 Edwards & Crawley (1999)**