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Using Functional Traits to Model Annual Plant Community Dynamics [PDF]

, 2020
Predicting the response of biological communities to changes in the environment or management is a fundamental pursuit of community ecology. Meeting this challenge requires the integration of multiple processes: habitat filtering, niche differentiation ...
Storkey, J., Helen Metcalfe, Alice E. Milne, Jonathan Storkey, Florent Deledalle, Metcalfe, H., Deledalle, F., Milne, A. E.   +7 more
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Changes in the functional traits of Thymus mongolicus along environmental gradients and factors influencing the traits of Northern China

Frontiers in Plant Science
Thymus mongolicus is a common medicinal and edible plant in grasslands of northern China. However, previous studies were limited to the production and utilization value of T.
Wentao Mi, Hao Zheng, Haixuan Zhang, Wanyu Zhang, Yuan Chi, Weibo Ren   +5 more
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C:N:P stoichiometry and leaf traits of halophytes in an arid saline environment, northwest China.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Salinization is an important and increasingly prevalent issue which has broad and profound effects on plant survival and distribution pattern. To understand the patterns and potential drivers of leaf traits in saline environments, we determined the soil ...
Lilong Wang, Guanxiang Zhao, Meng Li, Mingting Zhang, Lifang Zhang, Xinfang Zhang, Lizhe An, Shijian Xu   +7 more
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Mechanisms driving plant functional trait variation in a tropical forest

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Plant functional trait variation in tropical forests results from taxonomic differences in phylogeny and associated genetic differences, as well as, phenotypic plastic responses to the environment.
Florian Hofhansl, Eduardo Chacón‐Madrigal, Åke Brännström, Ulf Dieckmann, Oskar Franklin   +4 more
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Specific responses of sap flux and leaf functional traits to simulated canopy and understory nitrogen additions in a deciduous broadleaf forest.

, 2019
To investigate the effects of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on water use characteristics and leaf traits of trees, we performed canopy (C50) and understory (U50) N additions as NH4NO3 of 50 kg N ha-1 year-1 in a deciduous broadleaf forest of ...
Zhao, Xiuhua, Zhao, Ping, Hu, Yanting, Zhu, Liwei, Ni, Guangyan, Liu, Nan, Ouyang, Lei   +6 more
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Root traits are more than analogues of leaf traits: the case for diaspore mass [PDF]

, 2017
Root traits are often thought to be analogues of leaf traits along the plant economics spectrum. But evolutionary pressures have most likely shaped above- and belowground patterns differentially.
Hempel, Stefan, Joana Bergmann, Rillig, Matthias C., Matthias C. Rillig, Daniel Prati, Stefan Hempel, Masahiro Ryo, Bergmann, Joana, Prati, Daniel, Ryo, Masahiro   +9 more
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Plant economics spectrum governs leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in subtropical transitional forests

BMC Plant Biology
Background Leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption is a fundamental adaptation strategy for plant nutrient conservation. However, the relative roles that environmental factors and plant functional traits play in regulating N and P resorption ...
Boyu Ma, Jielin Ge, Changming Zhao, Wenting Xu, Kai Xu, Zongqiang Xie   +5 more
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Adaptation to climate in widespread eucalypt species [PDF]

, 2013
The long term success of revegetation efforts will depend upon the planted species’ resilience to climate change. Many widespread species grow across a range of climatic conditions and, thus, may possess adaptations that could be utilised to improve ...
Suzanne Prober, Liz McLean, Margaret Byrne   +2 more
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Leaf functional traits in maize in intercropping

, 2021
Yield gains in intercropping are greatest in systems with maize. We studied functional trait plasticity in maize leaves in intercrops to assess the possible contribution to crop carbon accumulation.
Evers, J.B., Stomph, T.J., Dong, B., Wang, Z., van der Putten, P.E.L., van der Werf, W.   +5 more
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Leaf traits of dipterocarp species with contrasting distributions across a gradient of nutrient and light availability [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Tree species composition at the landscape scale is often tightly associated with underlying soil type in tropical forests. Changes in soil type may have effects on forest structure that drive changes in both light and soil resource ...
Dent, Daisy, Burslem, David F R P
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