2017
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12564
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Abstract: Intraspecific trait variation and trait-climate relationships are crucial for understanding a species' response to climate change. However, these phenomena have rarely been studied for tree species. Euptelea pleiospermum is a relict tree species with a wide distribution in China that offers a novel opportunity to examine such relationships. Here, we measured 13 leaf traits of E. pleiospermum in 20 sites across its natural distribution in China. We investigated the extent of trait variation at local and regiona… Show more

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“…However, it is not clear to us whether the broad global climate gradient drives secondary trade-offs of leaf functional traits in different patterns. Previous studies have made us aware of the importance of climate effects on leaf bivariate relationships, but it is difficult for a single climate factor to explain variation in multiple traits, which makes the trait-climate relationship complex and confusing (Moles et al, 2014;Meng et al, 2017). This complexity is one of the critical factors limiting the development of many earth system models FIGURE 1 | Hypotheses for shifts in leaf trait relationships based on allometric relationships (Adapted from Wright et al, 2001).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, it is not clear to us whether the broad global climate gradient drives secondary trade-offs of leaf functional traits in different patterns. Previous studies have made us aware of the importance of climate effects on leaf bivariate relationships, but it is difficult for a single climate factor to explain variation in multiple traits, which makes the trait-climate relationship complex and confusing (Moles et al, 2014;Meng et al, 2017). This complexity is one of the critical factors limiting the development of many earth system models FIGURE 1 | Hypotheses for shifts in leaf trait relationships based on allometric relationships (Adapted from Wright et al, 2001).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Understanding how species are responding to climate change is paramount to help biodiversity conservationists and to anticipate and adapt to the array of socio-ecological consequences of climate change. However, the mechanistic link between climatic variation and plants' response at the species level remains relatively poorly understood [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…that ultimately affect plant trait variability ( Körner, 2007 ; Graae et al., 2012 ; Hartl-Meier et al., 2014 ; Sidor et al., 2015 ). Such trait–environment relationships are important for predicting the responses of global environmental change on individuals and populations of plants ( Niinemets et al., 2015 ; Meng et al., 2017 ). Meanwhile, higher ITV could stabilize populations from extreme temporal fluctuations in population density and decrease extinction risk ( Bolnick et al., 2011 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%