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Intraspecific differences in plant functional traits are related to urban atmospheric particulate matter

BMC Plant Biology, 2021
Background Functional trait-based ecological research has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of environmental changes. It is still, however, unclear how the functional traits of urban plants respond to atmospheric particulate matter, and ...
Jiyou Zhu, Chengyang Xu
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Soil Compaction Drives an Intra-Genotype Leaf Economics Spectrum in Wine Grapes

Agriculture, 2022
Intraspecific trait variation is a critical determinant of ecosystem processes, especially in agroecosystems where single species or genotypes exist in very high abundance. Yet to date, only a small number of studies have evaluated if, how, or why traits
Adam R. Martin, Rachel O. Mariani, Kimberley A. Cathline, Michael Duncan, Nicholas J. Paroshy, Gavin Robertson   +5 more
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Overwintering evergreen oaks reverse typical relationships between leaf traits in a species spectrum [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2016
The leaf economics spectrum has given us a fundamental understanding of the species variations in leaf variables. Across plant species, tight correlations among leaf mass per area (LMA), mass-based nitrogen (Nm) and photosynthetic rate (Am) and leaf ...
Hisanori Harayama, Atsushi Ishida, Jin Yoshimura   +2 more
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Funkcionalna ekologija rastlin: preverjanje izbranih konceptov na primeru rastlinskih vrst gozdnih rastiščnih tipov v Sloveniji

Acta Silvae et Ligni, 2022
Using Slovenian forest flora as an example, we investigated four plant functional traits: specific leaf area (SLP), leaf dry matter content (VSS), plant height (VIŠ) and seed/spore mass (MAS).
Janez Kermavnar, Lado Kutnar, Aleksander Marinšek, Valerija Babij   +3 more
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Time for a Plant Structural Economics Spectrum

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2019
We argue that tree and crown structural diversity can and should be integrated in the whole-plant economics spectrum. Ecologists have found that certain functional trait combinations have been more viable than others during evolution, generating a trait ...
Hans Verbeeck, Marijn Bauters, Marijn Bauters, Tobias Jackson, Alexander Shenkin, Mathias Disney, Mathias Disney, Kim Calders   +7 more
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Transition in multi-dimensional leaf traits and their controls on water use strategies of co-occurring species along a soil limiting-resource gradient

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Water use efficiency is among the most important eco-physiological strategies for species adaptation to water-limiting habitats. However, understanding of how co-occurring species adopt diverse water use strategies to cope with water- and resource ...
Jing Wang, Xuefa Wen, Sidan Lyu, Qingjun Guo   +3 more
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The relative contributions of climate, soil, diversity and interactions to leaf trait variation and spectrum of invasive Solidago canadensis

BMC Ecology, 2019
Background Invasive plants commonly occupy diverse habitats and thus must adapt to changing environmental pressures through altering their traits and economics spectra, and addressing these patterns and their drivers has an importantly ecological and/or ...
Li-Jia Dong, Wei-Ming He
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Fine Root Traits across Different Root Orders and Their Associations with Leaf Traits in 15 Co-Occurring Plant Species from the Desert–Oasis Transition Zone in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province, China

Plants
Fine root traits embody trade-offs between resource acquisition and conservation in plants. Yet, the differentiation of these traits across root orders, the existence of a root economics spectrum (RES) spanning these orders, and their linkage with leaf ...
Yiming Chen, Jing Ma, Hongyong Wang, Tingting Xie, Quangang Li, Lishan Shan   +5 more
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Variation and Trade-Offs in Leaf and Root Traits of Perennial Grasses Under Nitrogen Deposition

Agronomy
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition is increasing globally, making it essential to understand how leaf and root traits vary and interact to shape plant ecological strategies under changing environmental conditions.
Yuheng Yang, Hao Chen, Guiling Liu, Hang Ruan, Xiaowei Wei   +4 more
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Substantial variation of the two‐dimensional spectrum of senescent leaf in subalpine forest along elevational gradients

Ecosphere
Leaf senescence have shed light on its contribution to the recovery of nutrients and signaling of the transition from the active to the dormant stage in winter.
Chunyan Long, Kaikui Chang, Na Guan, Xiaoli Cheng   +3 more
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