Embracing the variability within a single plant species: how and why we need to study it
Scientists present 28 recommendations for studying plant intraspecific trait variation.
Tag: intraspecific trait variation
Coffee and the Leaf Economics Spectrum: size matters
Martin and Issac quantified size-dependent variation in eight leaf traits in a single coffee genotype (Coffea arabica var. Caturra) in managed agroecosystems.
Thirsty? Learn from the drought escape strategy of an invasive radish plant!
Is age just a number if you’re a plant? How plant responses to the environment change with age
Trait sensitivity to the environment is most visible during earlier stages of development, after which intraspecific trait variation and relationships may stabilize.
Non-native plant species climb mountains in a different way to native species
One way invasive species spread through an area is by harnessing variability in traits, but this doesn’t match observations of invasive species on the slopes of Mount Teide.
Aspen, they grow up so… weirdly.
Aspen possesses enormous levels of
genotype-based intraspecific variation.
Sketch by Goethe may be first depiction of intraspecific trait variation
Though the phenomenon was known in Goethe’s time, research didn’t start in earnest for another century.
Differences in Protea Traits Add up to Explain Differences in Fitness
It’s the differences in individuals that make one Protea more successful than another.
Invaders and Natives show different variability in Hawaii
Native and invading plants vary differently in leaf shape in response to climate. Curiously, sometimes the native plants are more acquisitive than the invaders.
Intraspecific variation in soy across the leaf economics spectrum
Intraspecific variability in specific leaf area and niche occupancy
How functional traits modify species niche occupancy and community assembly is a vital question in ecology. He et al. measure specific leaf area for over 5000 plants with more than 1700 observational locations.