Coordination of leaf, root, and seed traits shows the importance of whole plant economics in two semiarid grasslands

© 2024 The Authors. New Phytologist published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of New Phytologist Foundation This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 241(2024), 6 vom: 26. Feb., Seite 2410-2422
1. Verfasser: Mueller, Kevin E (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kray, Julie A, Blumenthal, Dana M
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article LDMC annuals economic spectrum herbaceous interspecific intraspecific life history plant functional group
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520 |a Uncertainty persists within trait-based ecology, partly because few studies assess multiple axes of functional variation and their effect on plant performance. For 55 species from two semiarid grasslands, we quantified: (1) covariation between economic traits of leaves and absorptive roots, (2) covariation among economic traits, plant height, leaf size, and seed mass, and (3) relationships between these traits and species' abundance. Pairs of analogous leaf and root traits were at least weakly positively correlated (e.g. specific leaf area (SLA) and specific root length (SRL)). Two pairs of such traits, N content and DMC of leaves and roots, were at least moderately correlated (r > 0.5) whether species were grouped by site, taxonomic group and growth form, or life history. Root diameter was positively correlated with seed mass for all groups of species except annuals and monocots. Species with higher leaf dry matter content (LDMC) tended to be more abundant (r = 0.63). Annuals with larger seeds were more abundant (r = 0.69). Compared with global-scale syntheses with many observations from mesic ecosystems, we observed stronger correlations between analogous leaf and root traits, weaker correlations between SLA and leaf N, and stronger correlations between SRL and root N. In dry grasslands, plant persistence may require coordination of above- and belowground traits, and dense tissues may facilitate dominance 
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