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Leaf functional traits and monodominance in Southern Amazonia tropical forests

Plant Ecology, 2021
Tropical monodominant forests are rare communities with low tree species diversity. Species monodominance is not the product of a single mechanism, but the result of a set of not yet fully understood integrated ecological factors acting together. We compared populations of Brosimum rubescens in monodominant and mixed forests in Southern Amazonia to ...
Igor Araújo, Paulo S. Morandi, Angélica O. Müller, Lucas H. Mariano, Facundo Alvarez, Ivone Vieira da Silva, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Beatriz S. Marimon   +7 more
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Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits

Journal of Ecology, 2019
Abstract Flammability is an important plant trait, relevant to plant function, wildfire behaviour and plant evolution. However, systematic comparison of plant flammability across ecosystems has proved difficult because of varying methodologies and assessment of different fuels comprising different plant parts.
Md Azharul Alam, Sarah V. Wyse, Hannah L. Buckley, George L. W. Perry, Jon J. Sullivan, Norman W. H. Mason, Rowan Buxton, Sarah J. Richardson, Timothy J. Curran   +8 more
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Leaf functional trait variation associated with salt tolerance in perennial ryegrass

Plant Biology, 2013
AbstractSalinity is one of major environmental stresses that dramatically threaten plant growth, and variations in genetic structure and functional traits have important effects on the salt tolerance of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenneL.). The objectives of this study were to: (i) assess the inter‐clonal variation of functional traits of accessions ...
T, Hu, X Z, Zhang, J M, Sun, H Y, Li, J M, Fu   +4 more
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Functional leaf traits and biodiversity effects on litter decomposition in a stream

Ecology, 2009
Rapid loss of biodiversity worldwide has raised concerns about the consequences to ecosystem functioning, including processes such as litter decomposition. Consequent experiments with litter mixtures to assess effects of changing tree composition and diversity on decomposition have given mixed results, but the causes are not clear.
Markus H, Schindler, Mark O, Gessner
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Multiple time scale optimization explains functional trait responses to leaf water potential

New Phytologist
Summary Plant response to water stress involves multiple timescales. In the short term, stomatal adjustments optimize some fitness function commonly related to carbon uptake, while in the long term, traits including xylem resilience are adjusted. These optimizations are usually considered independently, the former involving stomatal aperture and the ...
Aidan Matthews, Gabriel Katul, Amilcare Porporato   +2 more
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Leaf functional trait responses of Quercus aquifolioides to high elevations

2013
Investigations about phenotypic plasticity and adaptive traits of species facing rapidly changing stressful conditions are particularly relevant in context of rapid climate change. Morphological and physiological traits of Quercus aquifolioides plants growing at 2600 m and 3500 m above sea level (in the vicinity of the tree line) were studied.
Feng Q, Centritto M, Cheng R, Liu S Shi Z   +3 more
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Seasonal variation of leaf functional traits in sub-Arctic plants

Pekka Niittynen, Marija Merkurjeva, Julia Kemppinen   +2 more
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