Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

Thomas, H. J. D. and Bjorkman, A. D. and Myers-Smith, I. H. and Elmendorf, S. C. and Kattge, J. and Diaz, S. and Vellend, M. and Blok, D. and Cornelissen, J. H. C. and Forbes, B. C. and Henry, G. H. R. and Hollister, R. D. and Normand, S. and Prevéy, J. S. and Rixen, C. and Schaepman-Strub, G. and Wilmking, M. and Wipf, S. and Cornwell, W. K. and Beck, P. S. A. and Georges, D. and Goetz, S. J. and Guay, K. C. and Rüger, N. and Soudzilovskaia, N. A. and Spasojevic, M. J. and Alatalo, J. M. and Alexander, H. D. and Anadon-Rosell, A. and Angers-Blondin, S. and Te Beest, M. and Berner, L. T. and Björk, R. G. and Buchwal, A. and Buras, A. and Carbognani, M. and Christie, K. S. and Collier, L. S. and Cooper, E. J. and Elberling, B. and Eskelinen, A. and Frei, E. R. and Grau, O. and Grogan, P. and Hallinger, M. and Heijmans, M. M. P. D. and Hermanutz, L. and Hudson, J. M. G. and Johnstone, J. F. and Hülber, K. and Iturrate-Garcia, M. and Iversen, C. M. and Jaroszynska, F. and Kaarlejarvi, E. and Kulonen, A. and Lamarque, L. J. and Lantz, T. C. and Lévesque, E. and Little, C. J. and Michelsen, A. and Milbau, A. and Nabe-Nielsen, J. and Nielsen, S. S. and Ninot, J. M. and Oberbauer, S. F. and Olofsson, J. and Onipchenko, V. G. and Petraglia, A. and Rumpf, Sabine B. and Shetti, R. and Speed, J. D. M. and Suding, K. N. and Tape, K. D. and Tomaselli, M. and Trant, A. J. and Treier, U. A. and Tremblay, M. and Venn, S. E. and Vowles, T. and Weijers, S. and Wookey, P. A. and Zamin, T. J. and Bahn, M. and Blonder, B. and van Bodegom, P. M. and Bond-Lamberty, B. and Campetella, G. and Cerabolini, B. E. L. and Chapin, F. S. and Craine, J. M. and Dainese, M. and Green, W. A. and Jansen, S. and Kleyer, M. and Manning, P. and Niinemets, Ü and Onoda, Y. and Ozinga, W. A. and Peñuelas, J. and Poschlod, P. and Reich, P. B. and Sandel, B. and Schamp, B. S. and Sheremetiev, S. N. and de Vries, F. T.. (2020) Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Nature communications, 11 (1). p. 1351.

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Abstract

The 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.

Faculties and Departments:	05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Ökologie (Rumpf)
UniBasel Contributors:	Rumpf, Sabine
Item Type:	Article, refereed
Article Subtype:	Research Article
ISSN:	2041-1723
Note:	Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Identification Number:	doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4 pmid: 32165619 isi: 000563528100001
Last Modified:	23 May 2022 12:31
Deposited On:	23 May 2022 12:31

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