Authors
Simon Pierce, Daniel Negreiros, Bruno EL Cerabolini, Jens Kattge, Sandra Díaz, Michael Kleyer, Bill Shipley, Stuart Joseph Wright, Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia, Vladimir G Onipchenko, Peter M Van Bodegom, Cedric Frenette‐Dussault, Evan Weiher, Bruno X Pinho, Johannes HC Cornelissen, John Philip Grime, Ken Thompson, Roderick Hunt, Peter J Wilson, Gabriella Buffa, Oliver C Nyakunga, Peter B Reich, Marco Caccianiga, Federico Mangili, Roberta M Ceriani, Alessandra Luzzaro, Guido Brusa, Andrew Siefert, Newton PU Barbosa, Francis Stuart Chapin III, William K Cornwell, Jingyun Fang, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Eric Garnier, Soizig Le Stradic, Josep Peñuelas, Felipe PL Melo, Antonio Slaviero, Marcelo Tabarelli, Duccio Tampucci
Publication date
2017/2
Journal
Functional ecology
Volume
31
Issue
2
Pages
444-457
Description
- Competitor, stress‐tolerator, ruderal (CSR) theory is a prominent plant functional strategy scheme previously applied to local floras. Globally, the wide geographic and phylogenetic coverage of available values of leaf area (LA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and specific leaf area (SLA) (representing, respectively, interspecific variation in plant size and conservative vs. acquisitive resource economics) promises the general application of CSR strategies across biomes, including the tropical forests hosting a large proportion of Earth's diversity.
- We used trait variation for 3068 tracheophytes (representing 198 families, six continents and 14 biomes) to create a globally calibrated CSR strategy calculator tool and investigate strategy–environment relationships across biomes world‐wide.
- Due to disparity in trait availability globally, co‐inertia analysis was used to check correspondence between a ‘wide geographic …
Scholar articles
S Pierce, D Negreiros, BEL Cerabolini, J Kattge, S Díaz… - Functional ecology, 2017