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Active layer depth and soil properties impact specific leaf area variation and ecosystem productivity in a boreal forest.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Specific leaf area (SLA, leaf area per unit dry mass) is a key canopy structural characteristic, a measure of photosynthetic capacity, and an important input into many terrestrial process models.
Carolyn G Anderson, Ben Bond-Lamberty, James C Stegen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Responses in leaf water status of Quercus castaneifolia C.A.Mey and Carpinus betulus L. exposed to cement dust pollution in Northern Iran

Journal of Forest Science, 2023
Industrial air pollution, particularly cement dust, affects the leaf water status and resource utilisation and finally decreases primary production. Evaluating the relative water content (RWC), leaf mass per unit area (LMA), specific leaf area (SLA), and
Jamshid Eslamdoust, Seyed Mohsen Hosseini, Fatemeh Kardel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leaf dry matter content (LDMC), specific leaf area (SLA), leaf thickness (LT) and leaf dry weight (LDW) and area per peach tree (LA) at harvest for different irrigation treatments.

, 2015
Data shows mean values of twelve replicates ± standard error. In each column, values with the same letter are not significantly different.Leaf dry matter content (LDMC), specific leaf area (SLA), leaf thickness (LT) and leaf dry weight (LDW) and area per
Mohammad Bannayan (715949), Majid Azizi (715950), Gilles Vercambre (715951), Gholam Hossein Davarynejad (715947), Michel Génard (107713), Mitra Rahmati (715944)   +5 more
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Trait convergence under warming: drought tolerance, not thermal limits, mediates native–invader dynamics in alpine ecosystems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Climate warming and plant invasions jointly alter alpine ecosystems, but the mechanisms underlying these interactions remain unclear. A key to predicting ecosystem vulnerability is whether native and invasive species can sustain performance as conditions warm.
Indira V. Leon‐Garcia, Julie R. Deslippe   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth form, regeneration mode, and vegetation type explain leaf trait variability at the species and community levels in Mediterranean woody vegetation

Ecology and Evolution
Leaf traits are good indicators of ecosystem functioning and plant adaptations to environmental conditions. We examined whether leaf trait variability at species and community levels in Mediterranean woody vegetation is explained by growth form ...
İrem Tüfekcioğlu, Çağatay Tavşanoğlu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asymmetric transferability of trait–environment relationships between native and exotic plant species in Singaporean forests differing in land‐use history

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Louise Neo, David A. Wardle, Peter A. Vesk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Plant Evolutionary History in Shaping the Variation in Specific Leaf Area Across China

Ecology and Evolution
Specific leaf area (SLA, leaf area per unit leaf dry mass) occupies a central position in both community assembly and ecosystem functioning. Although SLA has significant phylogenetic signals, how and to what extent the evolutionary history influences the
Minyue Si, Caiyi Zhang, Chunzhu Xiang, Mingxia Jiang, Linwei Guo, Junjiong Shao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecological strategies of Al-accumulating and non-accumulating functional groups from the cerrado sensu stricto

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2015
The cerrado's flora comprises aluminum-(Al) accumulating and non-accumulating plants, which coexist on acidic and Al-rich soils with low fertility. Despite their existence, the ecological importance or biological strategies of these functional groups ...
Marcelo C. de Souza, Paula C.P. Bueno, Leonor P.C. Morellato, Gustavo Habermann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accumulation of three different sizes of particulate matter on plant leaf surfaces: Effect on leaf traits [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2015
Plants not only improve air quality by adsorbing particulate matter (PM) on leaf surfaces but can also be affected by their accumulation. In this study, a field investigation was performed in Wuhan, China, into the relationship between seven ...
Chen Xiaoping, Zhou Zhixiang, Teng Mingjun, Wang Pengcheng, Zhou Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Weeds in a changing climate: Competitors or service plants?

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Reducing herbicide use and preparing agroecosystems for climate change are two top priorities on the global policy agenda. Here, we explore whether these two challenges can be tackled simultaneously. While weeds are generally considered a threat to crop production, we show that weeds can help overcome climate change challenges in agroecosystems ...
Marie J. Zwetsloot, Marie‐Charlotte Bopp, Lammert Bastiaans, Elena Kazakou, Aurélie Metay, Gabriel Y. K. Moinet, Karim Barkaoui, Guillaume Fried, Léo Garcia, Merel Hofmeijer, Martine van der Ploeg, Maria Stefania Przybylska, Gerlinde B. De Deyn   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source