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Testing models for the leaf economics spectrum with leaf and whole-plant traits in Arabidopsis thaliana [PDF]

, 2015
The leaf economics spectrum (LES) describes strong relationships between multiple functional leaf traits that determine resource fluxes in vascular plants.
Vasseur, François, Vile, Denis, Blonder, Benjamin, Violle, Cyrille, Shipley, Bill, Enquist, Brian J, Enquist, Brian J.   +6 more
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Adaptive strategies in plant life forms: assessing the variations in leaf ecological stoichiometry and functional traits

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
The study of leaf functional traits and leaf ecological stoichiometry is of great significance for understanding plant adaptation strategies and nutrient uptake and utilization.
Jingzhong SHI, Zilong OUYANG, Lihui DENG, Le KONG, Hongying LI, Yishan LUO, Shengchang HUANG, Linjuan HUANG, Weichao TENG   +8 more
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Plasticity of plant and leaf traits in response to environmental factors

, 2017
Plants are exposed to heterogeneity in the environment where new stress factors (i.e. climate change, land use change and invasiveness) are introduced. In particular, climate change has been shown to affect abundance and distribution of plant species, as
CRESCENTE, MARIA FIORE, PUGLIELLI, GIACOMO, CATONI, ROSANGELA, VARONE, LAURA, GRATANI, Loretta   +4 more
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Impact of growth temperature on scaling relationships linking photosynthetic metabolism to leaf functional traits

, 2010
1. Scaling relationships linking photosynthesis (A) to leaf traits are important for predicting vegetation patterns and plant-atmosphere carbon fluxes. Here, we investigated the impact of growth temperature on such scaling relationships.2.
Campbell, Catherine D,, Lindsey J. Atkinson, Hurry, Vaughan,, Owen K. Atkin, Zaragoza-Castells, Joana, Atkin, Owen K, Catherine D. Campbell, Atkinson, Lindsey J, Joana Zaragoza-Castells, Vaughan Hurry   +9 more
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Linking Functional Leaf Traits to Ecophysiology in South African Pelargoniums

, 2018
Plant responses to drought impact the distribution and persistence of species yet are usually assessed over time frames that may not reflect dynamic stomatal responses, i.e. isohydry and anisohydry.
Mocko, Kerri
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Effects of different soil and water conservation measures on plant functional traits in the Loess Plateau

Frontiers in Plant Science
Soil and water conservation measures (SWCM) have wide-ranging effects on vegetation and soil, and their effects on the ecosystem are multifaceted, with complex mechanisms.
Gaohui Duan, Cheng Zheng, Yanmin Jiang, Chunqian Leng, Yangyang Liu, Boheng Wang, Dianjing He, Zhongming Wen, Zhongming Wen   +8 more
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Functional trait response to aridity based on leaf trait network analysis in the Hexi Corridor, China

BMC Plant Biology
Background Aridity acts as a strong environmental filter for plants and is predicted to intensify in the future, resulting in changes to leaf functional traits.
Yingxiang Miao, Haifeng Liu, James F. White, Guoqiang Wu, Shanjia Li   +4 more
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The role of functional leaf traits in pathogenic transmission in agroforestry systems [PDF]

, 2019
Variation of plant functional traits may predict ecosystem function1 , yet there is little work linking functional traits of crops and service trees, their interactions, and processes in agrofo­restry systems2, specifically the transmission of pathogens.
Gagliardi, Stephanie, Isaac, Marney E., Avelino, Jacques   +2 more
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Independent evolution of leaf and root traits within and among temperate grassland plant communities

, 2011
In this study, we used data from temperate grassland plant communities in Alberta, Canada to test two longstanding hypotheses in ecology: 1) that there has been correlated evolution of the leaves and roots of plants due to selection for an integrated ...
Cahill, J. F., Kembel, S. W.
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Effects of leaf litter traits on terrestrial isopod and millipede consumption, assimilation and growth

Nutrient cycling through leaf litter consumption is an essential ecological function performed by macrodetritivorous invertebrates such as isopods and millipedes.
Lam, Weng Ngai, Slade, Eleanor M., Wardle, David A.   +2 more
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