Mutualism as a Plant Functional Trait: Linking Variation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis to Climatic Tolerance, Geographic Range, and Population Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 181 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiz Maherali
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis ◽  
Plant Functional Trait

scholarly journals Leaf Traits of Trees in Tropical Dry Evergreen Forests of Peninsular India

Ecologies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-284
Author(s):  
Muthulingam Udayakumar ◽  
Thangavel Sekar
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Leaf Traits ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Leaf Life Span ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Evergreen Species ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Plant Functional Trait

A plant functional trait study was conducted to know the existing relationship between important leaf traits namely, specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), and leaf life span (LL) in tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEFs) of Peninsular India. Widely accepted methodologies were employed to record functional traits. The relationships between SLA and LDMC, LDMC and LL, and SLA and LL were measured. Pearson’s coefficient of correlation showed a significant negative relationship between SLA and LDMC, and SLA and LL, whereas a significant positive relationship was prevailed between LDMC and LL. The mean trait values (SLA, LDMC, and LL) of evergreens varied significantly from deciduous species. SLA had a closer relationship with LDMC than LL. Similarly, LL had a closer relationship with SLA than LDMC. Species with evergreen leaf habits dominated forest sites under study. Evergreen species dominate the study area with a high evergreen-deciduous ratio of 5.34:1. The S strategy score of trees indicated a relatively higher biomass allocation to persistent tissues. TDEFs occur in low elevation, semiarid environment, but with the combination of oligotrophic habitat, high temperature and longer dry season these forests were flourishing as a unique evergreen ecosystem in the drier environment. The relationships found between leaf traits were in concurrence with earlier findings. Trees of TDEFs survive on the poor-nutrient habitat with a low SLA, high LDMC, and LL. This study adds baseline data on key leaf traits to plant functional trait database of India.

scholarly journals Plant functional trait data and reflectance spectra for 22 palmiet wetland species

Data in Brief ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 1209-1219
Author(s):  
Alanna J. Rebelo ◽  
Ben Somers ◽  
Karen J. Esler ◽  
Patrick Meire
Keyword(s):  
Functional Trait ◽  
Reflectance Spectra ◽  
Plant Functional Trait ◽  
Wetland Species

scholarly journals Open questions in understanding the adaptive significance of plant functional trait variation within a single lineage

2020 ◽  
Vol 227 (3) ◽  
pp. 659-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannine Cavender‐Bares ◽  
Clarissa G. Fontes ◽  
Jesús Pinto‐Ledezma
Keyword(s):  
Functional Trait ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Trait Variation ◽  
Plant Functional Trait ◽  
Open Questions

Relative climatic, edaphic and management controls of plant functional trait signatures

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin J. Pakeman ◽  
Jan Lepš ◽  
Michael Kleyer ◽  
Sandra Lavorel ◽  
Eric Garnier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Trait ◽  
Plant Functional Trait ◽  
Management Controls
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