Authors
Habacuc Flores‐Moreno, Farideh Fazayeli, Arindam Banerjee, Abhirup Datta, Jens Kattge, Ethan E Butler, Owen K Atkin, Kirk Wythers, Ming Chen, Madhur Anand, Michael Bahn, Chaeho Byun, J Hans C Cornelissen, Joseph Craine, Andres Gonzalez‐Melo, Wesley N Hattingh, Steven Jansen, Nathan JB Kraft, Koen Kramer, Daniel C Laughlin, Vanessa Minden, Ülo Niinemets, Vladimir Onipchenko, Josep Peñuelas, Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia, Rhiannon L Dalrymple, Peter B Reich
Publication date
2019/12
Journal
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Volume
28
Issue
12
Pages
1806-1826
Description
Aim
Plant trait databases often contain traits that are correlated, but for whom direct (undirected statistical dependency) and indirect (mediated by other traits) connections may be confounded. The confounding of correlation and connection hinders our understanding of plant strategies, and how these vary among growth forms and climate zones. We identified the direct and indirect connections across plant traits relevant to competition, resource acquisition and reproductive strategies using a global database and explored whether connections within and between traits from different tissue types vary across climates and growth forms.
Location
Global.
Major taxa studied
Plants.
Time period
Present.
Methods
We used probabilistic graphical models and a database of 10 plant traits (leaf area, specific leaf area, mass‐ and area‐based leaf nitrogen and phosphorous content, leaf life span, plant height, stem specific …
Scholar articles
H Flores‐Moreno, F Fazayeli, A Banerjee, A Datta… - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2019