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Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: an example from a Costa Rican dry forest

Hulshof, Catherine M. ; Swenson, Nathan G.

Functional ecology, 2010-02, Vol.24 (1), p.217-223 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Oxford, UK: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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    Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: an example from a Costa Rican dry forest
  • Autor: Hulshof, Catherine M. ; Swenson, Nathan G.
  • Assuntos: Animal and plant ecology ; Animal, plant and microbial ecology ; Autoecology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Community Ecology ; Dry forests ; Forest canopy ; Forest ecology ; Forestry ; functional ecology ; functional trait ; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology ; General aspects ; General forest ecology ; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology ; Human ecology ; Leaves ; Plant ecology ; Plants ; plasticity ; Population ecology ; power analysis ; Sample size ; Species ; species differentiation ; Synecology ; tropical dry forest
  • É parte de: Functional ecology, 2010-02, Vol.24 (1), p.217-223
  • Notas: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01614.x
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  • Descrição: 1. Patterns of species co-existence and species diversity in plant communities remain an important research area despite over a century of intensive scrutiny. To provide mechanistic insight into the rules governing plant species co-existence and diversity, plant community ecologists are increasingly quantifying functional trait values for the species found in a wide range of communities. 2. Despite the promise of a quantitative functional trait approach to plant community ecology, we suggest that, along with examining trait variation across species, an assessment of trait variation within species should also be a key component of a trait-based approach to community ecology. Variability within and between individuals and populations is likely widespread due to plastic responses to highly localized abiotic and biotic interactions. 3. In this study, we quantify leaf trait variation within and across ten co-existing tree species in a dry tropical forest in Costa Rica to ask: (i) whether the majority of trait variation is located between species, within species, within individuals or within the leaves themselves; (ii) whether trait values collected using standardized methods correlate with those collected using unstandardized methods; and (iii) to what extent can we differentiate plant species on the basis of their traits? 4. We find that the majority of variation in traits was often explained by between species differences; however, between leaflet trait variation was very high for compound-leaved species. We also show that many species are difficult to reliably differentiate on the basis of functional traits even when sampling many individuals. 5. We suggest an ideal sample size of at least 10, and ideally 20, individuals be used when calculating mean trait values for individual species for entire communities, though even at large sample sizes, it remains unclear if community level trait values will allow comparisons on a larger geographic scale or if species traits are generally similar across scales. It will thus be critical to account for intraspecific variation by comparing species mean trait values across space in multiple microclimatic environments within local communities and along environmental gradients. Further, quantifying trait variability due to plasticity and inheritance will provide a better understanding of the underlying patterns and drivers of trait variation as well as the application of functional traits in outlining mechanisms of species co-existence.
  • Editor: Oxford, UK: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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