Soil water content and nitrogen differentially correlate with multidimensional leaf traits of two temperate broadleaf species.

ABSTRACT: The variation and correlation of leaf economics and vein traits are crucial for predicting plant ecological strategies under different environmental changes. However, correlations between these two suites of traits and abiotic factors such as soil water and nitrogen content remain ambiguous. We measured leaf economics and vein traits as well as soil water and nitrogen content for two different shade-tolerant species (Betula platyphylla and Acer mono) in four mixed broadleaved-Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) forests along a latitudinal gradient in Northeast China. We found that leaf economics traits and vein traits were decoupled in shade-intolerant species, Betula platphylla, but significantly coupled in a shade-tolerant species, A. mono. We found stronger correlations among leaf traits in

SUBMITTER: Jin MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772124 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature