descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Feb 2019 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, volume 153, pages 853-869 (issn: 1126-3504, eissn: 1724-5575,

Authors: Stefano Chelli; Michela Marignani; Elena Barni; Alessandro Petraglia; Giacomo Puglielli; Camilla Wellstein; Alicia T. R. Acosta; +62 Authors

doi: 10.1080/11263504.2018.1559250

handle: 11588/740235 , 11368/2932446 , 2434/655231 , 10281/250864 , 11388/233250 , 10278/3710456 , 11577/3539498 , 11390/1145511 , 11590/350494 , 11380/1188586 , 11573/1316168 , 11584/260625 , 11581/423390 , 11392/2414095 , 11567/940251 , 11568/996362 , 11695/83860 , 11697/132672 , 11585/724752 , 2158/1148833 , 2318/1688702 , 11381/2866925 , 11571/1294006

Plant–environment interactions through a functional traits perspective: a review of Italian studies

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Italy is among the European countries with the greatest plant diversity due to both a great environmental heterogeneity and a long history of man-environment interactions. Trait-based approaches to ecological studies have developed greatly over recent decades worldwide, although several issues concerning the relationships between plant functional traits and the environment still lack sufficient empirical evaluation. In order to draw insights on the association between plant functional traits and direct and indirect human and natural pressures on the environmental drivers, here we summarize the existing knowledge on this topic by reviewing the results of studies performed in Italy adopting a functional trait approach on vascular plants, briophytes and lichens. Although we recorded trait measurements for 1418 taxa, our review highlighted some major gaps in plant traits knowledge: Mediterranean ecosystems are poorly represented; traits related to belowground organs are still overlooked; traits measurements for bryophytes and lichens are lacking. Finally, intraspecific variation has been little studied at community level so far. We conclude highlighting the need of approaches evaluating trait-environment relationship at large spatial and temporal scales and the need of a more effective contribution to online databases to tie more firmly Italian researchers to international scientific networks on plant traits.

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land use change, Climate change, CSR plant strategy theory, Forest management, Intraspecific variability, Land use change, Plant traits, Terrestrial and Freshwater environments, Climate change, CSR plant strategy theory, forest management, intraspecific variability, land use change, plant traits, terrestrial and freshwater environments, terrestrial and freshwater environments, Forest management, plant trait, CSR plant strategy theory, Intraspecific variability, forest management, KEYWORDS Climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; forest management; intraspecific variability; land use change; plant traits; terrestrial and freshwater environments, Climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; Forest management; Intraspecific variability; Land use change; Plant traits, Terrestrial and Freshwater environments, Climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; forest management; intraspecificvariability; land use change;plant traits; terrestrial and freshwater environments, Plant traits, Terrestrial and Freshwater environments, climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; forest management; intraspecific variability; land use change; plant traits; terrestrial and freshwater environments, Climate change, Climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; forest management; intraspecific variability; land use change; plant traits; terrestrial and freshwater environments; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science, Climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; forest management; intraspecific variability; land use change; plant traits; terrestrial and freshwater environments;, Climate change; CSR plant strategy theory; forest management; intraspecific variability; land use change; plant traits; terrestrial and freshwater environments, intraspecific variability, Land use change

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