Trait-based community assembly and functional strategies across three subtropical karst forests, Southwestern China

Y Jiang, Z Chen, H Lin, R Deng, Z Liang, Y Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Variations in community-level plant functional traits are widely used to elucidate
vegetation adaptation strategies across different environmental gradients. Moreover …

Limited acclimation of leaf traits and leaf temperatures in a subtropical urban heat island

AT Kullberg, KJ Feeley - Tree physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The consequences of rising temperatures for trees will vary between species based on their
abilities to acclimate their leaf thermoregulatory traits and photosynthetic thermal tolerances …

[HTML][HTML] Constrained trait variation by water availability modulates radial growth in evergreen and deciduous Mediterranean oaks

EG de Andrés, X Serra-Maluquer, A Gazol… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatial and temporal variation in functional traits allows trees to adjust to shifting
environmental conditions such as water stress. However, the change of traits, both mean …

Slope position-mediated soil environmental filtering drives plant community assembly processes in hilly shrublands of Guilin, China

K Chen, Y Pan, Y Li, J Cheng, H Lin, W Zhuo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims A major goal of community ecology focuses on trying to understand
how environmental filter on plant functional traits drive plant community assembly. However …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature and soil attributes drive the regional variation in leaf anatomical traits of Populus euphratica

S Shao, G Li, J Wang, Y Wang, M Qu, H Zhao… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Leaf anatomical traits are susceptible to environmental changes and can reflect plant
adaptation strategies to the environment. Populus euphratica plays a key role in maintaining …

Leaf traits of understory woody species in the Congo Basin forests changed over a 60-year period

Y Hatangi, H Nshimba, P Stoffelen, B Dhed'a… - Plant Ecology and …, 2023 - JSTOR
Background and aims–While tropical forests play an important role in carbon sequestration,
they are assumed to be sensitive to rising temperatures and prolonged drought. Plant …

[HTML][HTML] The seasonal dynamics of cross-sectional tissue characteristics of Corylus mandshurica twig, petiole, and leaf vein are inconsistent

X Li, G Jin, Z Liu - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to explore how the environment affects the variation and trade-offs of
anatomical traits in shrub plants, contributing to a deeper understanding of plant survival …

Leaf Traits Explain the Growth Variation and Nitrogen Response of Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis and Dalbergia odorifera in Mixed Culture

H Zhang, Y Lan, C Jiang, Y Cui, Y He, J Deng, M Lin… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Mixed cultivation with legumes may alleviate the nitrogen (N) limitation of monoculture
Eucalyptus. However, how leaf functional traits respond to N in mixed cultivation with …

Cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs) occurrence in leaf tissues of different Coffea species: A new physiological trait in coffee

P Crisafulli, L Navarini - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
The present investigation aims to ascertain the presence of cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs)
in different Coffea sp. leaf tissues. A detailed morpho-anatomical characterization, in …

Periploca sepium leaf dry weight, area, and thickness scale differently under different light environments in Taohe riparian forests

M Ma, CZ Zhao, MP Kang, XY Li, ZW Zhang, XQ Bai - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the variation in plant morphological characteristics under heterogeneous
light environments is important to comprehend the adaptation strategies of riparian forest …