| Title: |
Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome |
| Authors: |
Thomas, Haydn J.D.; Bjorkman, Anne; Myers-Smith, I. H.; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Kattge, Jens; Díaz, Sandra; Vellend, M.; Blok, Daan; Cornelissen, J. H. C.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Henry, Gregory H. R.; Hollister, Robert D.; Normand, S.; Prevéy, J. S.; Rixen, C.; Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela; Wilmking, Martin; Wipf, Sonja; Cornwell, W. K.; Beck, P. S. A.; Georges, D.; Goetz, Scott J.; Guay, K. C.; Rüger, Nadja; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Spasojevic, M.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Alexander, Heather D.; Anadon-Rosell, Alba; Angers-Blondin, Sandra; te Beest, M.; Berner, Logan; Björk, Robert G.; Buchwal, Agata; Buras, Allan; Carbognani, Michele; Christie, Katherine; Collier, Laura Siegwart; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Elberling, B.; Eskelinen, Anu; Frei, Esther R.; Grau Fernández, Oriol; Grogan, P.; Hallinger, M.; Heijmans, M. M. P. D.; Hermanutz, Luise; Hudson, J. M. G.; Johnstone, J. F.; Hülber, K.; Iturrate-Garcia, Maitane; Iversen, Colleen; Jaroszynska, F.; Kaarlejärvi, Elina; Kulonen, Aino; Lamarque, L. J.; Lantz, Trevor; Lévesque, Esther; Little, C. J.; Michelsen, Anders; Milbau, Ann; Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob; Nielsen, S. S.; Ninot, J. M.; Oberbauer, S. F.; Olofsson, Johan; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Petraglia, Alessandro; Rumpf, Sabine B.; Shetti, Rohan; Speed, J. D. M.; Suding, K. N.; Tape, K. D.; Tomaselli, M.; Trant, A. J.; Treier, U. A.; Tremblay, M.; Venn, S. E.; Vowles, Tage; Weijers, S.; Wookey, P. A.; Zamin, T. J.; Bahn, Michael; Blonder, Benjamin; van Bodegom, Peter; Bond-Lamberty, Ben; Campetella, Giandiego; Cerabolini, Bruno Enrico Leone; Chapin III, F. Stuart; Craine, Joseph; Dainese, Matteo; Green, W. A.; Jansen, Steven; Kleyer, M.; Manning, Peter; Niinemets, Ülo; Onoda, Yusuke; Ozinga, Wim; Peñuelas, Josep; Poschlod, P.; Reich, Peter; Sandel, B.; Schamp, Brandon; Sheremetiev, S. N.; de Vries, F. T. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Subject Terms: |
Biogeography; Macroecology; Theoretical ecology; Ecology |
| Description: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
20411723 |
| Relation: |
European Commission 610028; Nature communications; Vol. 11 (March 2020), art. 1351; https://ddd.uab.cat/record/252501; urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:252501; urn:pmcid:PMC7067758; urn:pmid:32165619; urn:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7067758; urn:articleid:20411723v11a1351 |
| Availability: |
https://ddd.uab.cat/record/252501 |
| Rights: |
open access ; Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D3916C7F |
| Database: |
BASE |