Covariation in Plant Functional Traits and Soil Fertility within Two Species-Rich Forests | |
Liu, Xiaojuan1,5; Swenson, Nathan G.2; Joseph Wright, S.3; Zhang, Liwen4; Song, Kai1; Du, Yanjun1; Zhang, Jinlong1; Mi, Xiangcheng1; Ren, Haibao1; Ma, Keping1 | |
发表期刊 | PLOS ONE |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
2012-04-03 | |
卷号 | 7期号:4页码:e34767 |
关键词 | Wood Specific-gravity Economics Spectrum Global Patterns Tropical Trees Leaf Traits Trade-off Seed Size Worldwide Latitude Climate |
产权排序 | [Liu, Xiaojuan; Song, Kai; Du, Yanjun; Zhang, Jinlong; Mi, Xiangcheng; Ren, Haibao; Ma, Keping] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China; [Swenson, Nathan G.] Michigan State Univ, Dept Plant Biol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA; [Joseph Wright, S.] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Balboa, Panama; [Zhang, Liwen] Chinese Acad Sci, Yantai Inst Coastal Zone Res, Yantai, Shandong, Peoples R China; [Liu, Xiaojuan] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China |
通讯作者 | Liu, XJ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China.,[email protected] |
作者部门 | 海岸带生物学与生物资源利用所重点实验室 |
英文摘要 | The distribution of plant species along environmental gradients is expected to be predictable based on organismal function. Plant functional trait research has shown that trait values generally vary predictably along broad-scale climatic and soil gradients. This work has also demonstrated that at any one point along these gradients there is a large amount of interspecific trait variation. The present research proposes that this variation may be explained by the local-scale sorting of traits along soil fertility and acidity axes. Specifically, we predicted that trait values associated with high resource acquisition and growth rates would be found on soils that are more fertile and less acidic. We tested the expected relationships at the species-level and quadrat-level (20 x 20 m) using two large forest plots in Panama and China that contain over 450 species combined. Predicted relationships between leaf area and wood density and soil fertility were supported in some instances, but the majority of the predicted relationships were rejected. Alternative resource axes, such as light gradients, therefore likely play a larger role in determining the interspecific variability in plant functional traits in the two forests studied.; The distribution of plant species along environmental gradients is expected to be predictable based on organismal function. Plant functional trait research has shown that trait values generally vary predictably along broad-scale climatic and soil gradients. This work has also demonstrated that at any one point along these gradients there is a large amount of interspecific trait variation. The present research proposes that this variation may be explained by the local-scale sorting of traits along soil fertility and acidity axes. Specifically, we predicted that trait values associated with high resource acquisition and growth rates would be found on soils that are more fertile and less acidic. We tested the expected relationships at the species-level and quadrat-level (20 x 20 m) using two large forest plots in Panama and China that contain over 450 species combined. Predicted relationships between leaf area and wood density and soil fertility were supported in some instances, but the majority of the predicted relationships were rejected. Alternative resource axes, such as light gradients, therefore likely play a larger role in determining the interspecific variability in plant functional traits in the two forests studied. |
文章类型 | Article |
资助机构 | Chinese Academy of Sciences[KZCX2-YW-430]; Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS); F. H. Levinson Fund; Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Science Foundation; MacArthur Foundation; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
关键词[WOS] | WOOD SPECIFIC-GRAVITY ; ECONOMICS SPECTRUM ; GLOBAL PATTERNS ; TROPICAL TREES ; LEAF TRAITS ; TRADE-OFF ; SEED SIZE ; WORLDWIDE ; LATITUDE ; CLIMATE |
研究领域[WOS] | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000304805900058 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.yic.ac.cn/handle/133337/6098 |
专题 | 海岸带生物学与生物资源利用重点实验室_海岸带生物学与生物资源保护实验室 |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Michigan State Univ, Dept Plant Biol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA 3.Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Balboa, Panama 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Yantai Inst Coastal Zone Res, Yantai, Shandong, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu, Xiaojuan,Swenson, Nathan G.,Joseph Wright, S.,et al. Covariation in Plant Functional Traits and Soil Fertility within Two Species-Rich Forests[J]. PLOS ONE,2012,7(4):e34767. |
APA | Liu, Xiaojuan.,Swenson, Nathan G..,Joseph Wright, S..,Zhang, Liwen.,Song, Kai.,...&Ma, Keping.(2012).Covariation in Plant Functional Traits and Soil Fertility within Two Species-Rich Forests.PLOS ONE,7(4),e34767. |
MLA | Liu, Xiaojuan,et al."Covariation in Plant Functional Traits and Soil Fertility within Two Species-Rich Forests".PLOS ONE 7.4(2012):e34767. |
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