The Influence of Taxonomy and Environment on Leaf Trait Variation Along Tropical Abiotic Gradients
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Oliveras, I.Bentley, L.
Fyllas, N.M.
Gvozdevaite, A.
Shenkin, A.F.
Peprah, T.
Morandi, P.
Peixoto, K.S.
Boakye, M.
Adu-Bredu, S.
Schwantes Marimon, B.
Marimon Junior, B.H.
Salinas, N.

Martin, R.
Asner, G.
Díaz, S.
Enquist, B.J.
Malhi, Y.

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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of ArizonaIssue Date
2020
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Oliveras, I., Bentley, L., Fyllas, N. M., Gvozdevaite, A., Shenkin, A. F., Peprah, T., Morandi, P., Peixoto, K. S., Boakye, M., Adu-Bredu, S., Schwantes Marimon, B., Marimon Junior, B. H., Salinas, N., Martin, R., Asner, G., Díaz, S., Enquist, B. J., & Malhi, Y. (2020). The Influence of Taxonomy and Environment on Leaf Trait Variation Along Tropical Abiotic Gradients. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3.Rights
Copyright © 2020 Oliveras, Bentley, Fyllas, Gvozdevaite, Shenkin, Peprah, Morandi, Peixoto, Boakye, Adu-Bredu, Schwantes Marimon, Marimon Junior, Salinas, Martin, Asner, Díaz, Enquist and Malhi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).Collection Information
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Deconstructing functional trait variation and co-variation across a wide range of environmental conditions is necessary to increase the mechanistic understanding of community assembly processes and improve current parameterization of dynamic vegetation models. Here, we present a study that deconstructs leaf trait variation and co-variation into within-species, taxonomic-, and plot-environment components along three tropical environmental gradients in Peru, Brazil, and Ghana. To do so, we measured photosynthetic, chemical, and structural leaf traits using a standardized sampling protocol for more than 1,000 individuals belonging to 367 species. Variation associated with the taxonomic component (species + genus + family) for most traits was relatively consistent across environmental gradients, but within-species variation and plot-environment variation was strongly dependent on the environmental gradient. Trait-trait co-variation was strongly linked to the environmental gradient where traits were measured, although some traits had consistent co-variation components irrespective of gradient. Our results demonstrate that filtering along these tropical gradients is mostly expressed through trait taxonomic variation, but that trait co-variation is strongly dependent on the local environment, and thus global trait co-variation relationships might not always apply at smaller scales and may quickly change under future climate scenarios. © Copyright © 2020 Oliveras, Bentley, Fyllas, Gvozdevaite, Shenkin, Peprah, Morandi, Peixoto, Boakye, Adu-Bredu, Schwantes Marimon, Marimon Junior, Salinas, Martin, Asner, Díaz, Enquist and Malhi.Note
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2624-893XVersion
Final published versionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3389/ffgc.2020.00018
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