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Linking leaf traits and litter flammability using a novel framework, tested with Brazilian Cerrado trees

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 1247-1261, May 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract In tree‐dominated ecosystems, the behaviour of surface fires is largely controlled by the structure of fine fuels. Because leaves make up most of the fine fuels, the traits of those leaves—their size, shape and leaf area for a given mass—help determine the impacts of ...
Samuel W. Flake, Patrick J. Elliott, Giselda Durigan, Davi R. Rossatto, William A. Hoffmann   +4 more
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Crecimiento de plantas jóvenes de Cordia dodecandra (Boraginaceae) en tres etapas sucesionales de vegetación en Calotmul, Yucatán

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
Las poblaciones naturales de Cordia dodencandra, siricote, en Yucatán se encuentran amenazadas por lasobreexplotación de su madera, apreciada por su dureza y veteado.
Carlos Yam-Chin, Patricia Montañez-Escalante, Rocío Ruenes-Morales   +2 more
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Evaluating endophyte‐rich leaves and leaf functional traits for protection of tropical trees against natural enemies

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 371-389, February 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plants use physical barriers and chemical compounds to defend themselves against natural enemies. For instance, tough leaves are considered to be better defended than soft leaves, part of a spectrum of defences defined by functional traits such as leaf chemistry ...
Bolívar Aponte Rolón, A. Elizabeth Arnold, Mareli Sánchez Juliá, Sunshine A. Van Bael   +3 more
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PARTIÇÃO DE ASSIMILADOS EM MELOEIRO CULTIVADO EM AMBIENTE PROTEGIDO COM DIFERENTES NÚMEROS DE FOLHAS E DE FRUTOS

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2009
- O crescimento da planta e a produção de frutos podem ser limitados pelo tamanho e atividade das fontes e dos drenos. Neste trabalho, em ambiente protegido, objetivou-se avaliar a partição de assimilados do meloeiro, grupo Cantalupensis, influenciada ...
Roberto Cleiton Fernandes de Queiroga, Mário Puiatti, Paulo Cezar Rezende Fontes, Paulo Roberto Cecon   +3 more
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Testing the contribution of vertebrate predators and leaf traits to mainland–island differences in insect herbivory on oaks

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 1, Page 140-154, January 2025.
The authors explored how insularity influences herbivory in oaks across island–mainland sites. By experimentally excluding vertebrate predators (e.g. birds, bats) and measuring leaf traits (e.g. phenolics, specific leaf area, nutrients), they provide insights into the mechanisms driving island–mainland herbivory patterns.
Carla Vázquez‐González, Luis Abdala‐Roberts, Beatriz Lago‐Núñez, Lydia S. Dean, Miquel Capó, Raúl de la Mata, Ayco J. M. Tack, Johan A. Stenberg, Felisa Covelo, Ana Cao, Joana Cursach, Ana Hernández‐Serrano, Finn Hansen, Kailen A. Mooney, Xoaquín Moreira   +14 more
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Differential responses of community‐level functional traits to mid‐ and late‐season experimental drought in a temperate grassland

Journal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 10, Page 2292-2306, October 2024.
These findings suggest that functional trait composition of grassland communities may shift under climate change‐induced drought, depending on the growing season timings. Trait‐based attempts to predict ecosystem functioning must account for such temporal variation in community trait values.
E. Fenollosa, P. Fernandes, A. Hector, H. King, C. S. Lawson, J. Jackson, R. Salguero‐Gómez   +6 more
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Comportamiento del área foliar específica en tres cultivares comerciales de caña de azúcar.

Agrisost, 2015
Tomando como base experimental dos ensayos de campo ubicados en la Estación Territorial de Investigaciones de la Caña de Azúcar de Camagüey, se realizaron a través de muestreos periódicos las determinaciones del área foliar específica en las variedades ...
Isabel Torres Varela , Félix Valladares Arrocha , Joaquín Montalván Delgado , Yoslén Fernández Galvez , Magaly Padrón Padilla , Arlandy Noy Perera   +5 more
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Range‐wide intraspecific variation reflects past adaptation to climate in a gypsophile Mediterranean shrub

Journal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 7, Page 1533-1549, July 2024.
Despite strong specialization to gypsum soils, past divergent selection related to climatic gradients has driven adaptive population differentiation in Lepidium subulatum. All populations showed high but similar plasticity to drought, indicating that selection did not act against plasticity in harsh environmental conditions.
Mario Blanco‐Sánchez, José Alberto Ramírez‐Valiente, Marina Ramos‐Muñoz, Beatriz Pías, Steven J. Franks, Adrián Escudero, Silvia Matesanz   +6 more
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Leaf traits and leaf‐to‐air temperature differences in tropical plants suggest variability in thermoregulatory capacities across elevations

Biotropica, Volume 56, Issue 4, July 2024.
Plant thermoregulation is essential for understanding the potential effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. This study provides evidence indicating variation of leaf functional traits and leaf‐to‐air temperature across the elevation gradient.
Sara Pedraza
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Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests: Evidence from a tree diversity experiment

Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 1089-1103, May 2024.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The study of tree species coexistence is crucial to understand the assembly of forest communities. In this context, trees adjust their traits in response to the interactions with other trees and, specifically, as a result of the competition for resources.
Pablo Castro Sánchez‐Bermejo, Tilo Monjau, Kezia Goldmann, Olga Ferlian, Nico Eisenhauer, Helge Bruelheide, Zeqing Ma, Sylvia Haider   +7 more
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