Studies of NH₄⁺ and NO₃^- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits

Abstract

2 SUMMARY: 22The leaf economics spectrum (LES) is based on a suite of leaf traits related to plant 23 functioning and ranges from resource-conservative to resource-acquisitive strategies. 24However, the relationships with root traits, and the associated belowground plant season may also drive to some extent the N uptake ability of species. Our results support 37 the current efforts to build a more general framework including above-and below-ground 38 processes when studying plant community functioning.