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The ‘plant economic spectrum’ in bryophytes, a comparative study in subalpine forest [PDF]

American Journal of Botany, 2017
PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Tradeoffs among functional traits of vascular plants are starting to be better understood, but it is unclear whether bryophytes possess similar tradeoffs or how trait relationships, or the ‘economic spectrum’, differ between the two groups.METHODS:We determined functional‐trait values [including shoot mass per area (SMA), light ...
Zhe, Wang, Xin, Liu, Maaike Y, Bader, Defeng, Feng, Weikai, Bao   +4 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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Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum

Annals of Botany, 2021
AbstractBackground and AimsAlthough the plant economic spectrum seeks to explain resource allocation strategies, carbohydrate storage is often omitted. Belowground storage organs are the centre of herb perennation, yet little is known about the role of their turnover, anatomy and carbohydrate storage in relation to the aboveground economic spectrum ...
Lubbe, F. (Frederick Curtis), Klimeš, A. (Adam), Doležal, J. (Jiří), Jandová, V. (Veronika), Mudrák, O. (Ondřej), Janeček, Š., Bartušková, A. (Alena), Klimešová, J. (Jitka)   +7 more
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Plant community flood resilience in intensively managed grasslands and the role of the plant economic spectrum [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020
Abstract The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, such as floods, requires management strategies that promote resilience of grassland productivity. Mixtures of plant species may better resist and recover from flooding than monocultures, as they could combine species with stress‐coping and resource acquisition traits.
Natalie J. Oram, Gerlinde B. De Deyn, Paul L. E. Bodelier, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Diego Abalos   +5 more
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The association of leaf sulfur content with the leaf economics spectrum and plant adaptive strategies [PDF]

Functional Plant Biology, 2021
Sulfur is an essential macronutrient for plant primary metabolism. Its availability can modulate plant growth in most terrestrial ecosystems. However, its relationship with other leaf and nutrient traits, and hence its contribution to plant functioning, remains unclear.
Michele Dalle Fratte, Simon Pierce, Magda Zanzottera, Bruno E. L. Cerabolini   +3 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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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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