2020
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16558
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Components of leaf‐trait variation along environmental gradients

Abstract: Summary Leaf area (LA), mass per area (LMA), nitrogen per unit area (Narea) and the leaf‐internal to ambient CO2 ratio (χ) are fundamental traits for plant functional ecology and vegetation modelling. Here we aimed to assess how their variation, within and between species, tracks environmental gradients. Measurements were made on 705 species from 116 sites within a broad north–south transect from tropical to temperate Australia. Trait responses to environment were quantified using multiple regression; within… Show more

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“…Since environmental factors drive both species sorting and adaptive responses, testing this assumption further requires large‐scale sampling campaigns accounting for intra‐ and inter‐specific trait variation of whole communities and covering large climate gradients. This is what Dong et al . present here.…”
Section: How Important Is Inter‐specific Vs Intra‐specific Trait Varisupporting
confidence: 83%
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“…Since environmental factors drive both species sorting and adaptive responses, testing this assumption further requires large‐scale sampling campaigns accounting for intra‐ and inter‐specific trait variation of whole communities and covering large climate gradients. This is what Dong et al . present here.…”
Section: How Important Is Inter‐specific Vs Intra‐specific Trait Varisupporting
confidence: 83%
“…Trait responses between populations provide important indications of adaptive responses, especially if those show consistent co‐variations with environmental factors across species (Merilä & Hendry, 2014). If such relationships are consistent with optimality theory – as highlighted in Dong et al . – the confidence that we see adaptation is much enlarged.…”
Section: How Well Does Intra‐specific Trait Variation Represent Adaptsupporting
confidence: 52%
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