Burn it all down: leaf traits change more than species composition
In a fire-adapted ecosystem, increased fire frequency altered community composition and structure of the ecosystem through changes in the position of the shrub line.
Tag: specific leaf area
Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits explain variation in growth rate of rainforest trees
Functional drought response in the Brachypodiumdistachyon species complex
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.
Maize nutrient uptake and photosynthesis in intercropping
Interactive effects of [CO2] and water availability on maritime pine
Evidence from this study indicates that elevated [CO2] not only can aggravate the effects of water deficit on photosynthetic performance and growth of maritime pine but also it can attenuate genotypic differences in drought tolerance as compared with those observed at current atmospheric [CO2].
