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Linking xylem hydraulic conductivity and vulnerability to the leaf economics spectrum--a cross-species study of 39 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
While the fundamental trade-off in leaf traits related to carbon capture as described by the leaf economics spectrum is well-established among plant species, the relationship of the leaf economics spectrum to stem hydraulics is much less known.
Wenzel Kröber, Shouren Zhang, Merten Ehmig, Helge Bruelheide   +3 more
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Temperature explains intraspecific functional trait variation in Phragmites australis more effectively than soil properties

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Common reed (Phragmites australis) is a widespread grass species that exhibits a high degree of intraspecific variation for functional traits along environmental gradients.
Zhichao Xu, Zhichao Xu, Zhichao Xu, Huamin Liu, Huamin Liu, Huamin Liu, Lu Wen, Lu Wen, Lu Wen, Jinghui Zhang, Jinghui Zhang, Jinghui Zhang, Xiaoyun Xin, Jinpeng Hu, Xin Kou, Dongwei Liu, Dongwei Liu, Dongwei Liu, Yi Zhuo, Yi Zhuo, Yi Zhuo, Lixin Wang, Lixin Wang, Lixin Wang   +23 more
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Nitrogen addition strengthens the stabilizing effect of biodiversity on productivity by increasing plant trait diversity and species asynchrony in the artificial grassland communities

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Background and aimsNitrogen (N) enrichment usually weakens the stabilizing effect of biodiversity on productivity. However, previous studies focused on plant species richness and thus largely ignored the potential contributions of plant functional traits
Ji Suonan, Xuwei Lu, Xiaona Li, Yann Hautier, Chao Wang   +4 more
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Global patterns of the leaf economics spectrum in wetlands

Nature Communications, 2020
Leaf economics spectrum theory has greatly advanced understanding of plant functional ecology, but it is unclear whether its predictions hold in wetland communities.
Yingji Pan, Ellen Cieraad, Jean Armstrong, William Armstrong, Beverley R. Clarkson, Timothy D. Colmer, Ole Pedersen, Eric J. W. Visser, Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek, Peter M. van Bodegom   +9 more
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Funkcionalna ekologija rastlin: preverjanje izbranih konceptov na primeru rastlinskih vrst gozdnih rastiščnih tipov v Sloveniji

Acta Silvae et Ligni, 2022
Using Slovenian forest flora as an example, we investigated four plant functional traits: specific leaf area (SLP), leaf dry matter content (VSS), plant height (VIŠ) and seed/spore mass (MAS).
Janez Kermavnar, Lado Kutnar, Aleksander Marinšek, Valerija Babij   +3 more
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Coordinated variation in root and leaf functional traits of Hippophae rhamnoides treated at different stump heights in feldspathic sandstone areas of Inner Mongolia

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
This study was aimed to clarify the effects of stumping on root and leaf traits as well as the tradeoffs and synergies of decaying Hippophae rhamnoides in feldspathic sandstone areas, and to select the optimal stump height that contributed to the ...
Lu Liu, Yuefeng Guo, Xiaoyu Liu, Yunfeng Yao, Wei Qi   +4 more
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Time for a Plant Structural Economics Spectrum

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2019
We argue that tree and crown structural diversity can and should be integrated in the whole-plant economics spectrum. Ecologists have found that certain functional trait combinations have been more viable than others during evolution, generating a trait ...
Hans Verbeeck, Marijn Bauters, Marijn Bauters, Tobias Jackson, Alexander Shenkin, Mathias Disney, Mathias Disney, Kim Calders   +7 more
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Economic strategies of plant absorptive roots vary with root diameter [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2016
Plant roots typically vary along a dominant ecological axis, the root economics spectrum, depicting a tradeoff between resource acquisition and conservation.
D. L. Kong, J. J. Wang, P. Kardol, H. F. Wu, H. Zeng, X. B. Deng, Y. Deng   +6 more
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Highly Species-Specific Foliar Metabolomes of Diverse Woody Species and Relationships with the Leaf Economics Spectrum

Cells, 2021
Plants show an extraordinary diversity in chemical composition and are characterized by different functional traits. However, relationships between the foliar primary and specialized metabolism in terms of metabolite numbers and composition as well as ...
Rabea Schweiger, Eva Castells, Luca Da Sois, Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, Caroline Müller   +4 more
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Natural variation at FLM splicing has pleiotropic effects modulating ecological strategies in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Communications, 2020
FLOWERING LOCUS M (FLM) is known as a repressor of Arabidopsis flowering. Here, the authors show that a single intronic substitution of FLM modulates leaf color and plant growth strategy along the leaf economics spectrum, as well as plays a role in plant
Mathieu Hanemian, François Vasseur, Elodie Marchadier, Elodie Gilbault, Justine Bresson, Isabelle Gy, Cyrille Violle, Olivier Loudet   +7 more
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