Effect of simulated warming on leaf functional traits of urban greening plants. [PDF]
BMC Plant Biol, 2020 Response and adaptation strategies of plants to the environment have always been the core issues in ecological research. So far, relatively little study exists on its functional traits responses to warming, especially in an urban environment.
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Leaf Functional Traits of Invasive Grasses Conferring High-Cadmium Adaptation Over Natives. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Heavy metal (HM) contamination resulting from industrialization and urbanization during the Anthropocene along with plant invasion can severely threaten the growth and adaptation of local flora.
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Effects of Drought Stress on Leaf Functional Traits and Biomass Characteristics of Atriplex canescens. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Drought is a critical factor constraining plant growth in arid regions. However, the performance and adaptive mechanism of Atriplex canescens (A. canescens) under drought stress remain unclear.
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Agronomy, 2022 To explore the changes of leaf functional traits of Zanthoxylum planispinum ‘dintanensis’ with growth and development and its relationship with soil properties, which can clarify the response of the plantation to soil properties and suitable strategy ...
Yanping Song, Yanghua Yu, Yitong Li
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Limiting resource and leaf functional traits jointly determine distribution patterns of leaf intrinsic water use efficiency along aridity gradients. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) is a critical eco-physiological function allowing plants to adapt to water- and nutrient-limited habitats in arid and semi-arid regions. However, the distribution of iWUE in coexisting species along aridity gradients
Wang J, Wen X.
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Responses of leaf functional traits to different hydrological regimes and leaf economics spectrum in the water level fluctuation zone of Three Gorges Reservoir, China. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 A unique riparian ecosystem has been created as a result of anti-seasonal flooding after reservoir operations, which notably influences the distribution patterns of plant communities and their functional characteristics in the riparian zone.
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Co-ordination between xylem anatomy, plant architecture and leaf functional traits in response to abiotic and biotic drivers in a nurse cushion plant. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2021 BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plants in dry Mediterranean mountains experience a double climatic stress: at low elevations, high temperatures concur with water shortage during summer, while at high elevations temperature decreases and water availability increases.
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Response of leaf functional traits to soil nutrients in the wet and dry seasons in a subtropical forest on an island [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionIsland ecosystems often have a disproportionate number of endemic species and unique and fragile functional characteristics. However, few examples of this type of ecosystem have been reported.MethodsWe conducted a comprehensive field study on
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Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Leaf functional traits are widely used to detect and explain adaptations that enable plants to live under various environmental conditions. This study aims to determine the difference in leaf functional traits among four forest types of Pinus massoniana ...
Juan Qin, Zhouping Shangguan
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The Effects of Soil Cover Thickness on Leaf Functional Traits of Vine Plants in Mining Areas Depend on Soil Enzyme Activities and Nutrient Cycling [PDF]
PlantsUnderstanding the interplay between plant leaf functional traits and plant and soil factors under different soil thicknesses is significant for quantifying the interaction between plant growth and the environment.
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