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The Changes of Leaf Reflectance Spectrum and Leaf Functional Traits of Osmanthus fragrans Are Related to the Parasitism of Cuscuta japonica

Applied Sciences, 2021
Studies on the influence of parasitism on plants based on hyperspectral analysis have not been reported so far. To fully understand the variation characteristics and laws of leaf reflectance spectrum and functional traits after the urban plant ...
Jiyou Zhu, Qing Xu, Jiangming Yao, Xinna Zhang, Chengyang Xu   +4 more
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Local adaptation of switchgrass drives trait relations to yield and differential responses to climate and soil environments

GCB Bioenergy, 2023
Switchgrass, a potential biofuel crop, is a genetically diverse species with phenotypic plasticity enabling it to grow in a range of environments.
Michael P. Ricketts, Robert W. Heckman, Philip A. Fay, Roser Matamala, Julie D. Jastrow, Felix B. Fritschi, Jason Bonnette, Thomas E. Juenger   +7 more
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Seed production of co-occurring species: Regenerative strategies, plant economic spectrum or architectural constraints?

Basic and Applied Ecology, 2022
Although plant clonality is an important reproductive strategy complementing seed reproduction, their interrelationship is seldom studied. We evaluated how plant clonality, together with plant economics spectrum and architectural constraints, affect the ...
Ágnes-Júlia Albert, Martin Bitomský, Lars Götzenberger, Ondřej Mudrák, Jitka Klimešová   +4 more
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Community leaf dry matter content predicts plant production in simple and diverse grassland

Ecosphere, 2022
Plant growth correlates with values of collinear (covarying) traits from the leaf economics spectrum. Environmental variation and differences in community composition may alter contributions of these traits to plant production and thereby limit the ...
H. Wayne Polley, Harold P. Collins, Philip A. Fay   +2 more
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Differing Trade-Off Patterns of Tree Vegetative Organs in a Tropical Cloud Forest

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Functional trait ecology demonstrates the significance of the leaf economics spectrum in understanding plants’ trade-off between acquisitive and conservative resource utilization.
Yuanyuan Yang, Yuanyuan Yang, Yuanyuan Yang, Chuchu Xiao, Chuchu Xiao, Chuchu Xiao, Xianming Wu, Wenxing Long, Wenxing Long, Guang Feng, Guang Feng, Guoying Liu, Guoying Liu   +12 more
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Fine Root Traits across Different Root Orders and Their Associations with Leaf Traits in 15 Co-Occurring Plant Species from the Desert–Oasis Transition Zone in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province, China

Plants
Fine root traits embody trade-offs between resource acquisition and conservation in plants. Yet, the differentiation of these traits across root orders, the existence of a root economics spectrum (RES) spanning these orders, and their linkage with leaf ...
Yiming Chen, Jing Ma, Hongyong Wang, Tingting Xie, Quangang Li, Lishan Shan   +5 more
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Intraspecific differences in plant functional traits are related to urban atmospheric particulate matter

BMC Plant Biology, 2021
Background Functional trait-based ecological research has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of environmental changes. It is still, however, unclear how the functional traits of urban plants respond to atmospheric particulate matter, and ...
Jiyou Zhu, Chengyang Xu
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Linking functional composition moments of the sub-Mediterranean ecotone with environmental drivers

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionFunctional trait-based approaches are extensively applied to the study of mechanisms governing community assembly along environmental gradients. These approaches have been classically based on studying differences in mean values among species,
Sergio de Tomás Marín, Javier Galán Díaz, Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada, Iván Prieto, Enrique G. de la Riva, Enrique G. de la Riva   +5 more
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Mycorrhizae-associated belowground economics mediate microbial life history strategy in temperate forests

Geoderma
The co-evolution of plant roots, mycorrhizal fungi, and soil saprotrophic microorganisms shapes underground resource acquisition strategies of plants. However, the knowledge of how mycorrhizal associations affect plant belowground economics strategy and ...
Ruiqiang Liu, Wenya Du, Adam Frew, Yanghui He, Liqi Guo, Xiaolei Yan, Guiyao Zhou, Kaiyan Zhai, Guangzhen Xiang, Yimin Zhu, Xuhui Zhou   +10 more
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Mulching in lowland hay meadows drives an adaptive convergence of above- and below-ground traits reducing plasticity and improving biomass: A possible tool for enhancing phytoremediation

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
We aimed to understand the effect of mulching (i.e., cutting and leaving the crushed biomass to decompose in situ) on above- and below-ground plant functional traits and whether this practice may be a potential tool for enhancing the phytoremediation of ...
Michele Dalle Fratte, Antonio Montagnoli, Simone Anelli, Stefano Armiraglio, Peter Beatrice, Alex Ceriani, Elia Lipreri, Alessio Miali, Paolo Nastasio, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini   +9 more
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