Morphological and biochemical variation among common reed (<i>Phragmites australis</i>) populations in northwest Poland

Drapikowska, Maria; Krzakowa, Maria

doi:10.2478/v10009-009-0019-3

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“…Therefore, it is an ideal plant species for the study of intraspecific variation and covariation in traits across different spatial scales. A few studies explored the trait variation in P. australis along large-scale environmental gradients ( Clevering et al, 2001 ; Drapikowska and Krzakowa, 2009 ; Li et al, 2014 ). But none of them examined the covariation in leaf economic traits of P. australis along wide climatic gradients or at multiple spatial scales.…”

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Novel evidence for within-species leaf economics spectrum at multiple spatial scales

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Liu

et al. 2015

Front. Plant Sci.

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Leaf economics spectrum (LES), characterizing covariation among a suite of leaf traits relevant to carbon and nutrient economics, has been examined largely among species but hardly within species. In addition, very little attempt has been made to examine whether the existence of LES depends on spatial scales. To address these questions, we quantified the variation and covariation of four leaf economic traits (specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen and phosphorus contents) in a cosmopolitan wetland species (Phragmites australis) at three spatial (inter-regional, regional, and site) scales across most of the species range in China. The species expressed large intraspecific variation in the leaf economic traits at all of the three spatial scales. It also showed strong covariation among the four leaf economic traits across the species range. The coordination among leaf economic traits resulted in LES at all three scales and the environmental variables determining variation in leaf economic traits were different among the spatial scales. Our results provide novel evidence for within-species LES at multiple spatial scales, indicating that resource trade-off could also constrain intraspecific trait variation mainly driven by climatic and/or edaphic differences.

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Novel evidence for within-species leaf economics spectrum at multiple spatial scales

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Liu

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“…The morphological and anatomical variation of M. alcea fits within the limits given in descriptions of this species. However, it must be remembered that variation in quantitative traits can greatly exceed the level of genetic variation estimated on the basis of isozymes (Drapikowska and Krzakowa, 2009).…”

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