Optimal Community Assembly Related to Leaf Economic- Hydraulic-Anatomical Traits.

ABSTRACT: Multi-dimensional trait mechanisms underlying community assembly at regional scales are largely unclear. In this study, we measured leaf economic, hydraulic and anatomical traits of 394 tree species from tropical to cold temperate forests, from which we calculated the leaf trait moments (mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis) using community-weighted methods. Economic and hydraulic traits were decoupled at the species level, but coupled at the community level, and relationships between leaf traits in observed communities were stronger than that in null communities, suggesting that the adaptive mechanisms of plant species may be different. Furthermore, leaf economic traits were distributed more evenly across species occupying communities with lower temperature and precipitation, whereas hy

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109333 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature