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Phylogenetic independence in the variations in leaf functional traits among different plant life forms in an arid environment.

Journal of plant physiology, 2022
Leaf traits of global plants reveal the fundamental trade-offs in plant resource acquisition to conservation strategies. However, which leaf traits are consistent, converged, or diverged among herbs, shrubs, and subshrubs in an arid environment remains ...
M. A. Akram, Yahui Zhang, Xiaoting Wang, Nawal Shrestha, Kamran Malik, Imran Khan, Weijing Ma, Ying Sun, Fan Li, A. Guo, Jinzhi Ran, Jianming Deng   +11 more
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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, P. Morandi, Angelica Oliveira Müller, Lucas H. Mariano, F. Alvarez, Ivone Vieira da Silva, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, B. Marimon   +7 more
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Seasonality and phenology alter functional leaf traits

Oecologia, 2012
In plant ecophysiology, functional leaf traits are generally not assessed in relation to phenological phase of the canopy. Leaf traits measured in deciduous perennial species are known to vary between spring and summer seasons, but there is a knowledge gap relating to the late-summer phase marked by growth cessation and bud set occurring well before ...
Athena D, McKown, Robert D, Guy, M Shofiul, Azam, Eric C, Drewes, Linda K, Quamme   +4 more
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Phenological variation of leaf functional traits within species

Oecologia, 2016
A basic assumption of the trait-based approach in plant ecology is that differences in functional trait values are greater between species than within species. We questioned this assumption by assessing (1) the relative extent of inter- and intraspecific leaf trait variation throughout a complete growing season (phenological variation) in a group of ...
Alex, Fajardo, Andrew, Siefert
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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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The contrasting leaf functional traits between a karst forest and a nearby non-karst forest in south-west China.

Functional Plant Biology, 2019
Karst and non-karst forests occur in the same region in south-west China, but the soil water and mineral nutrients availability are different between the forests.
Pei‐Li Fu, Shidan Zhu, Jiao‐Lin Zhang, P. Finnegan, Yan-Juan Jiang, Hua Lin, Z. Fan, K. Cao   +7 more
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Size-dependent variation in leaf functional traits and nitrogen allocation trade-offs in Robinia pseudoacacia and Cornus controversa.

Tree Physiology, 2019
Tree species vary in how they invest resources to different functions throughout their life histories, and investigating the detailed patterns of ontogenetic changes in key functional traits will aid in predicting forest dynamics and ecosystem processes.
Minjee Park, Sungsik Cho, Juhan Park, HoonTaek Lee, Wookyung Song, I. Park, H. S. Kim   +6 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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Close linkages between leaf functional traits and soil and leaf C:N:P stoichiometry under altered precipitation in a desert steppe in northwestern China

Plant Ecology, 2022
Chunhuan Li, Hailong Yu, Yixin Xu, Wanwan Zhu, Pan Wang, Juying Huang   +5 more
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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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