Leaf trait variation captures climate differences but differs with species irrespective of functional group

doi:10.1093/jpe/rtu009

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	Leaf trait variation captures climate differences but differs with species irrespective of functional group
	Wang, Guohong ; Liu, Jinglan 2; Meng, Tingting
刊名	JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY
	2015
卷号	8 期号:1 页码:61-69
关键词	chemical traits leaf dry matter specific leaf area intraspecific variation life form woody plants botanical garden
ISSN号	1752-9921
DOI	10.1093/jpe/rtu009
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Aims To clarify whether variation in leaf traits with climate differs with scale, i.e. across species and within a species, and to detect whether plant functional group affects species-specific response. Methods Leaf dry matter content (LDMC), specific leaf area (SLA), mass-and area-based leaf N (N-mass, N-area) and leaf P concentrations (P-mass, P-area) and leaf chlorophyll concentration (SPAD) were measured for 92 woody plant species in two botanical gardens in China. The two gardens share plant species in common but differ in climate. Leaf trait variation between the two gardens was examined via mean comparison at three scales: all species together, species grouped into plant functional groups and within a species. A meta-analysis was performed to summarize the species-specific responses. Important Findings At the scale of all species together, LDMC, SLA, P-mass and N-mass were significantly lower in the dry-cold habitat than in the wet-warm one, whereas N-area and SPAD showed an inverse pattern, indicating a significant environmental effect. The meta-analysis showed that the above-mentioned patterns persisted for SLA, N-area and SPAD but not for the other variables at the species-specific scale, indicating that intraspecific variation affects the overall pattern of LDMC, P-mass and N-mass and P-area. In terms of species-specific response, positive, negative or nonsignificant patterns were observed among the 92 species. Contrary to our prediction, species-specific responses within a functional group were not statistically more similar than those among functional groups. Our results indicated that leaf trait variation captured climatic difference yet species-specific responses were quite diverse irrespective of plant functional group, providing new insights for interpreting trait variability with climate.
学科主题	Plant Sciences ; Ecology ; Forestry
电子版国际标准刊号	1752-993X
出版地	OXFORD
WOS关键词	DRY-MATTER CONTENT ; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION ; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY ; PLANT TRAITS ; LOW-NUTRIENT ; EVOLUTION ; SOIL ; RAINFALL ; SCALE ; POPULATIONS
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
语种	英语
出版者	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000350242200007
资助机构	Chinese National Basic Research Program [2014CB954201] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30870398]
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25856]
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Beijing Forestry Univ, Coll Nat Reserves, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Inst Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Guohong,Liu, Jinglan,Meng, Tingting. Leaf trait variation captures climate differences but differs with species irrespective of functional group[J]. JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY,2015,8(1):61-69.
APA	Wang, Guohong,Liu, Jinglan,&Meng, Tingting.(2015).Leaf trait variation captures climate differences but differs with species irrespective of functional group.JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY,8(1),61-69.
MLA	Wang, Guohong,et al."Leaf trait variation captures climate differences but differs with species irrespective of functional group".JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY 8.1(2015):61-69.