Differential Investment Strategies in Leaf Economic Traits Across Climate Regions Worldwide.

ABSTRACT: The leaf economics spectrum (LES) is the leading theory of plant ecological strategies based on functional traits, which explains the trade-off between dry matter investment in leaf structure and the potential rate of resource return, revealing general patterns of leaf economic traits investment for different plant growth types, functional types, or biomes. Prior work has revealed the moderating role of different environmental factors on the LES, but whether the leaf trait bivariate relationships are shifted across climate regions or across continental scales requires further verification. Here we use the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, a very widely used and robust criterion, as a basis for classifying climate regions to explore climatic differences in leaf trait relationships. We c

SUBMITTER: Ren L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8959930 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature