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Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. / Bruelheide, Helge; Dengler, Jürgen; Purschke, Oliver et al.

In: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 2, No. 12, 01.12.2018, p. 1906-1917.

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Harvard

Bruelheide, H, Dengler, J, Purschke, O, Lenoir, J, Jiménez-Alfaro, B, Hennekens, SM, Botta-Dukát, Z, Chytrý, M, Field, R, Jansen, F, Kattge, J, Pillar, VD, Schrodt, F, Mahecha, MD, Peet, RK, Sandel, B, van Bodegom, P, Altman, J, Alvarez-Dávila, E, Arfin Khan, MAS, Attorre, F, Aubin, I, Baraloto, C, Barroso, JG, Bauters, M, Bergmeier, E, Biurrun, I, Bjorkman, AD, Blonder, B, Čarni, A, Cayuela, L, Černý, T, Cornelissen, JHC, Craven, D, Dainese, M, Derroire, G, De Sanctis, M, Díaz, S, Doležal, J, Farfan-Rios, W, Feldpausch, TR, Fenton, NJ, Garnier, E, Guerin, GR, Gutiérrez, AG, Haider, S, Hattab, T, Henry, G, Hérault, B, Higuchi, P, Hölzel, N, Homeier, J, Jentsch, A, Jürgens, N, Kącki, Z, Karger, DN, Kessler, M, Kleyer, M, Knollová, I, Korolyuk, AY, Kühn, I, Laughlin, DC, Lens, F, Loos, J, Louault, F, Lyubenova, MI, Malhi, Y, Marcenò, C, Mencuccini, M, Müller, JV, Munzinger, J, Myers-Smith, IH, Neill, DA, Niinemets, Ü, Orwin, KH, Ozinga, WA, Penuelas, J, Pérez-Haase, A, Petřík, P, Phillips, OL, Pärtel, M, Reich, PB, Römermann, C, Rodrigues, AV, Sabatini, FM, Sardans, J, Schmidt, M, Seidler, G, Silva Espejo, JE, Silveira, M, Smyth, A, Sporbert, M, Svenning, JC, Tang, Z, Thomas, R, Tsiripidis, I, Vassilev, K, Violle, C, Virtanen, R, Weiher, E, Welk, E, Wesche, K, Winter, M, Wirth, C & Jandt, U 2018, 'Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities', Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 1906-1917. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8

APA

Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Purschke, O., Lenoir, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Hennekens, S. M., Botta-Dukát, Z., Chytrý, M., Field, R., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Pillar, V. D., Schrodt, F., Mahecha, M. D., Peet, R. K., Sandel, B., van Bodegom, P., Altman, J., Alvarez-Dávila, E., ... Jandt, U. (2018). Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(12), 1906-1917. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8

Vancouver

Bruelheide H, Dengler J, Purschke O, Lenoir J, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Hennekens SM et al. Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2018 Dec 1;2(12):1906-1917. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8

Bibtex

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title = "Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities",
abstract = "Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing different ecological strategies, but at the community level trait combinations are expected to be decoupled from these trade-offs because different strategies can facilitate co-existence within communities. A key question is to what extent community-level trait composition is globally filtered and how well it is related to global versus local environmental drivers. Here, we perform a global, plot-level analysis of trait–environment relationships, using a database with more than 1.1 million vegetation plots and 26,632 plant species with trait information. Although we found a strong filtering of 17 functional traits, similar climate and soil conditions support communities differing greatly in mean trait values. The two main community trait axes that capture half of the global trait variation (plant stature and resource acquisitiveness) reflect the trade-offs at the species level but are weakly associated with climate and soil conditions at the global scale. Similarly, within-plot trait variation does not vary systematically with macro-environment. Our results indicate that, at fine spatial grain, macro-environmental drivers are much less important for functional trait composition than has been assumed from floristic analyses restricted to co-occurrence in large grid cells. Instead, trait combinations seem to be predominantly filtered by local-scale factors such as disturbance, fine-scale soil conditions, niche partitioning and biotic interactions.",
keywords = "Ecosystems Research, Biogeography, Community Ecology, Environmental planning, Sustainability Science",
author = "Helge Bruelheide and J{\"u}rgen Dengler and Oliver Purschke and Jonathan Lenoir and Borja Jim{\'e}nez-Alfaro and Hennekens, {Stephan M.} and Zolt{\'a}n Botta-Duk{\'a}t and Milan Chytr{\'y} and Richard Field and Florian Jansen and Jens Kattge and Pillar, {Val{\'e}rio D.} and Franziska Schrodt and Mahecha, {Miguel D.} and Peet, {Robert K.} and Brody Sandel and {van Bodegom}, Peter and Jan Altman and Esteban Alvarez-D{\'a}vila and {Arfin Khan}, {Mohammed A.S.} and Fabio Attorre and Isabelle Aubin and Christopher Baraloto and Barroso, {Jorcely G.} and Marijn Bauters and Erwin Bergmeier and Idoia Biurrun and Bjorkman, {Anne D.} and Benjamin Blonder and Andra{\v z} {\v C}arni and Luis Cayuela and Tom{\'a}{\v s} {\v C}ern{\'y} and Cornelissen, {J. Hans C.} and Dylan Craven and Matteo Dainese and G{\'e}raldine Derroire and {De Sanctis}, Michele and Sandra D{\'i}az and Ji{\v r}{\'i} Dole{\v z}al and William Farfan-Rios and Feldpausch, {Ted R.} and Fenton, {Nicole J.} and Eric Garnier and Guerin, {Greg R.} and Guti{\'e}rrez, {Alvaro G.} and Sylvia Haider and Tarek Hattab and Greg Henry and Bruno H{\'e}rault and Pedro Higuchi and Norbert H{\"o}lzel and J{\"u}rgen Homeier and Anke Jentsch and Norbert J{\"u}rgens and Zygmunt K{\c a}cki and Karger, {Dirk N.} and Michael Kessler and Michael Kleyer and Ilona Knollov{\'a} and Korolyuk, {Andrey Y.} and Ingolf K{\"u}hn and Laughlin, {Daniel C.} and Frederic Lens and Jacqueline Loos and Fr{\'e}d{\'e}rique Louault and Lyubenova, {Mariyana I.} and Yadvinder Malhi and Corrado Marcen{\`o} and Maurizio Mencuccini and M{\"u}ller, {Jonas V.} and J{\'e}r{\^o}me Munzinger and Myers-Smith, {Isla H.} and Neill, {David A.} and {\"U}lo Niinemets and Orwin, {Kate H.} and Ozinga, {Wim A.} and Josep Penuelas and Aaron P{\'e}rez-Haase and Petr Pet{\v r}{\'i}k and Phillips, {Oliver L.} and Meelis P{\"a}rtel and Reich, {Peter B.} and Christine R{\"o}mermann and Rodrigues, {Arthur V.} and Sabatini, {Francesco Maria} and Jordi Sardans and Marco Schmidt and Gunnar Seidler and {Silva Espejo}, {Javier Eduardo} and Marcos Silveira and Anita Smyth and Maria Sporbert and Svenning, {Jens Christian} and Zhiyao Tang and Raquel Thomas and Ioannis Tsiripidis and Kiril Vassilev and Cyrille Violle and Risto Virtanen and Evan Weiher and Erik Welk and Karsten Wesche and Marten Winter and Christian Wirth and Ute Jandt",
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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

AU - Dengler, Jürgen

AU - Purschke, Oliver

AU - Lenoir, Jonathan

AU - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja

AU - Hennekens, Stephan M.

AU - Botta-Dukát, Zoltán

AU - Chytrý, Milan

AU - Field, Richard

AU - Jansen, Florian

AU - Kattge, Jens

AU - Pillar, Valério D.

AU - Schrodt, Franziska

AU - Mahecha, Miguel D.

AU - Peet, Robert K.

AU - Sandel, Brody

AU - van Bodegom, Peter

AU - Altman, Jan

AU - Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban

AU - Arfin Khan, Mohammed A.S.

AU - Attorre, Fabio

AU - Aubin, Isabelle

AU - Baraloto, Christopher

AU - Barroso, Jorcely G.

AU - Bauters, Marijn

AU - Bergmeier, Erwin

AU - Biurrun, Idoia

AU - Bjorkman, Anne D.

AU - Blonder, Benjamin

AU - Čarni, Andraž

AU - Cayuela, Luis

AU - Černý, Tomáš

AU - Cornelissen, J. Hans C.

AU - Craven, Dylan

AU - Dainese, Matteo

AU - Derroire, Géraldine

AU - De Sanctis, Michele

AU - Díaz, Sandra

AU - Doležal, Jiří

AU - Farfan-Rios, William

AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.

AU - Fenton, Nicole J.

AU - Garnier, Eric

AU - Guerin, Greg R.

AU - Gutiérrez, Alvaro G.

AU - Haider, Sylvia

AU - Hattab, Tarek

AU - Henry, Greg

AU - Hérault, Bruno

AU - Higuchi, Pedro

AU - Hölzel, Norbert

AU - Homeier, Jürgen

AU - Jentsch, Anke

AU - Jürgens, Norbert

AU - Kącki, Zygmunt

AU - Karger, Dirk N.

AU - Kessler, Michael

AU - Kleyer, Michael

AU - Knollová, Ilona

AU - Korolyuk, Andrey Y.

AU - Kühn, Ingolf

AU - Laughlin, Daniel C.

AU - Lens, Frederic

AU - Loos, Jacqueline

AU - Louault, Frédérique

AU - Lyubenova, Mariyana I.

AU - Malhi, Yadvinder

AU - Marcenò, Corrado

AU - Mencuccini, Maurizio

AU - Müller, Jonas V.

AU - Munzinger, Jérôme

AU - Myers-Smith, Isla H.

AU - Neill, David A.

AU - Niinemets, Ülo

AU - Orwin, Kate H.

AU - Ozinga, Wim A.

AU - Penuelas, Josep

AU - Pérez-Haase, Aaron

AU - Petřík, Petr

AU - Phillips, Oliver L.

AU - Pärtel, Meelis

AU - Reich, Peter B.

AU - Römermann, Christine

AU - Rodrigues, Arthur V.

AU - Sabatini, Francesco Maria

AU - Sardans, Jordi

AU - Schmidt, Marco

AU - Seidler, Gunnar

AU - Silva Espejo, Javier Eduardo

AU - Silveira, Marcos

AU - Smyth, Anita

AU - Sporbert, Maria

AU - Svenning, Jens Christian

AU - Tang, Zhiyao

AU - Thomas, Raquel

AU - Tsiripidis, Ioannis

AU - Vassilev, Kiril

AU - Violle, Cyrille

AU - Virtanen, Risto

AU - Weiher, Evan

AU - Welk, Erik

AU - Wesche, Karsten

AU - Winter, Marten

AU - Wirth, Christian

AU - Jandt, Ute

PY - 2018/12/1

Y1 - 2018/12/1

N2 - Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing different ecological strategies, but at the community level trait combinations are expected to be decoupled from these trade-offs because different strategies can facilitate co-existence within communities. A key question is to what extent community-level trait composition is globally filtered and how well it is related to global versus local environmental drivers. Here, we perform a global, plot-level analysis of trait–environment relationships, using a database with more than 1.1 million vegetation plots and 26,632 plant species with trait information. Although we found a strong filtering of 17 functional traits, similar climate and soil conditions support communities differing greatly in mean trait values. The two main community trait axes that capture half of the global trait variation (plant stature and resource acquisitiveness) reflect the trade-offs at the species level but are weakly associated with climate and soil conditions at the global scale. Similarly, within-plot trait variation does not vary systematically with macro-environment. Our results indicate that, at fine spatial grain, macro-environmental drivers are much less important for functional trait composition than has been assumed from floristic analyses restricted to co-occurrence in large grid cells. Instead, trait combinations seem to be predominantly filtered by local-scale factors such as disturbance, fine-scale soil conditions, niche partitioning and biotic interactions.

AB - Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing different ecological strategies, but at the community level trait combinations are expected to be decoupled from these trade-offs because different strategies can facilitate co-existence within communities. A key question is to what extent community-level trait composition is globally filtered and how well it is related to global versus local environmental drivers. Here, we perform a global, plot-level analysis of trait–environment relationships, using a database with more than 1.1 million vegetation plots and 26,632 plant species with trait information. Although we found a strong filtering of 17 functional traits, similar climate and soil conditions support communities differing greatly in mean trait values. The two main community trait axes that capture half of the global trait variation (plant stature and resource acquisitiveness) reflect the trade-offs at the species level but are weakly associated with climate and soil conditions at the global scale. Similarly, within-plot trait variation does not vary systematically with macro-environment. Our results indicate that, at fine spatial grain, macro-environmental drivers are much less important for functional trait composition than has been assumed from floristic analyses restricted to co-occurrence in large grid cells. Instead, trait combinations seem to be predominantly filtered by local-scale factors such as disturbance, fine-scale soil conditions, niche partitioning and biotic interactions.

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - Biogeography

KW - Community Ecology

KW - Environmental planning

KW - Sustainability Science

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DO - 10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8

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VL - 2

SP - 1906

EP - 1917

JO - Nature Ecology & Evolution

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