Leading trait dimensions in flood-tolerant plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

While trait-based approaches have provided critical insights into general plant functioning, we lack a comprehensive quantitative view on plant strategies in flooded conditions. Plants adapted to flooded conditions have specific traits (e.g. root porosity, low root/shoot ratio and shoot elongation) to cope with the environmental stressors including anoxic sediments, and the subsequent presence of phytotoxic compounds. In flooded habitats, plants also respond to potential nutrient and light limitations, e.g. through the expression of leaf economics traits and size-related traits, respectively. However, we do not know whether and how these trait dimensions are connected.

Methods

Based on a trait dataset compiled on 131 plant species from 141 studies in floo

SUBMITTER: Pan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486907 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature