Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome
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AbstractThe majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource acquisition. However, it is unknown whether global plant trait relationships extend to climatic extremes, and if these interspecific relationships are confounded by trait variation within species. We test whether trait relationships extend to the cold extremes of life on Earth using the largest database of tundra plant traits yet compiled. We show that tundra plants demonstrate remarkably similar resource economic traits, but not size traits, compared to global distributions, and exhibit the same two dimensions of trait variation. Three quarters of trait variation occurs among species, mirroring global estimates of interspecific trait variation. Plant trait relationships are thus generalizable to the edge of global trait-space, informing prediction of plant community change in a warming world.
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Netherlands
- National Scientific and Technical Research Council Argentina
- University of Aberdeen United Kingdom
- Technical University of Munich Germany
- University of Waterloo Canada
Bos- en Landschapsecologie, Efecte del clima sobre les plantes, Biochemistry, INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY, WIDE-RANGE, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Climate change, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Plantegeografi: 496, Alterra - Vegetatie, Plant ecology, Global change, 106008 Botanik, Plants, Settore BIOS-01/C - Botanica ambientale e applicata, 106008 Botany, climate change, Biogeography, FOLIAR NITROGEN ISOTOPES, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, COMMUNITY-LEVEL, Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer, tundra biome, LEAF ECONOMICS SPECTRUM, Warming, Theoretical ecology, WOODY-PLANTS, 570, Science, Physics and Astronomy(all), General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, XXXXXX - Unknown, Genetics, Tundra, Vegetatie, Ecosystem, 580, Vegetation and climate, Ecologia vegetal, Plant, Botanik, tundra ecology, Ecology, evolutionary biology, RELATIVE GROWTH-RATE, Klimatvetenskap, bos- en landschapsecologie, [SDE] Environmental Sciences, Chemistry(all), plant trait, Climate, General Physics and Astronomy, Growth, global warming, forest and landscape ecology, Biome, Alterra - Vegetation, Global environmental change, Forest and Landscape Ecology, Macroecology, Ecology, Q, plant traits, resource economic traits, tundra, Classification, Interspecific interaction, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Physics and Astronomy; General Chemistry, Plant Development, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Plant community, climatic extremes, biotic communities, LITTER DECOMPOSITION, Plant development, Life Science, Extreme event, WIMEK, Vegetation, Botany, General Chemistry, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Plant geography: 496, Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie, Climate Science, Environmental sciences, FUNCTIONAL TRAITS, Canvi mediambiental global, Settore BIOS-05/A - Ecologia, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology, Prediction, ELEVATED CO2, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Bos- en Landschapsecologie, Efecte del clima sobre les plantes, Biochemistry, INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY, WIDE-RANGE, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Climate change, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Plantegeografi: 496, Alterra - Vegetatie, Plant ecology, Global change, 106008 Botanik, Plants, Settore BIOS-01/C - Botanica ambientale e applicata, 106008 Botany, climate change, Biogeography, FOLIAR NITROGEN ISOTOPES, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, COMMUNITY-LEVEL, Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer, tundra biome, LEAF ECONOMICS SPECTRUM, Warming, Theoretical ecology, WOODY-PLANTS, 570, Science, Physics and Astronomy(all), General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, XXXXXX - Unknown, Genetics, Tundra, Vegetatie, Ecosystem, 580, Vegetation and climate, Ecologia vegetal, Plant, Botanik, tundra ecology, Ecology, evolutionary biology, RELATIVE GROWTH-RATE, Klimatvetenskap, bos- en landschapsecologie, [SDE] Environmental Sciences, Chemistry(all), plant trait, Climate, General Physics and Astronomy, Growth, global warming, forest and landscape ecology, Biome, Alterra - Vegetation, Global environmental change, Forest and Landscape Ecology, Macroecology, Ecology, Q, plant traits, resource economic traits, tundra, Classification, Interspecific interaction, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Physics and Astronomy; General Chemistry, Plant Development, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Plant community, climatic extremes, biotic communities, LITTER DECOMPOSITION, Plant development, Life Science, Extreme event, WIMEK, Vegetation, Botany, General Chemistry, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Plant geography: 496, Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie, Climate Science, Environmental sciences, FUNCTIONAL TRAITS, Canvi mediambiental global, Settore BIOS-05/A - Ecologia, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology, Prediction, ELEVATED CO2, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
