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DIFFERENCES IN FOREST PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAIT DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS LAND-USE AND PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENTS
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Mayfield, Margaret M. (author)
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Dwyer, John M. (author)
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Chalmandrier, Loic (author)
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Wells, Jessie A. (author)
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Bonser, Stephen P. (author)
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Catterall, Carla P. (author)
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DeClerck, Fabrice (author)
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Ding, Yi (author)
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Fraterrigo, Jennifer M. (author)
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Metcalfe, Daniel J. (author)
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- Queiroz, Cibele (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stockholm Resilience Centre,University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Vesk, Peter A. (author)
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Morgan, John W. (author)
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- 2013-07-01
- 2013
- English.
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In: American Journal of Botany. - : Wiley. - 0002-9122 .- 1537-2197. ; 100:7, s. 1356-1368
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- Premise of study: Plant functional traits are commonly used as proxies for plant responses to environmental challenges, yet few studies have explored how functional trait distributions differ across gradients of land-use change. By comparing trait distributions in intact forests with those across land-use change gradients, we can improve our understanding of the ways land-use change alters the diversity and functioning of plant communities. Methods: We examined how the variation and distribution of trait values for seven plant functional traits differ between reference natural forest and three types of land-use conversion (pasture, old-field, or legacy sites-regrowth following logging), landscape productivity (NPP) and vegetation strata (tree or non-tree understory), in a meta-analysis of studies from 15 landscapes across five continents. Key results: Although trait variation often differed between land-uses within a landscape, these patterns were rarely consistent across landscapes. The variance and distribution of traits were more likely to differ consistently between natural forest and land-use conversion categories for understory (non-tree) plants than for trees. Landscape productivity did not significantly alter the difference in trait variance between natural forest and land-use conversion categories for any trait except dispersal. Conclusions: Our results suggest that even for traits well linked to plant environmental response strategies, broad classes of land-use change and landscape productivity are not generally useful indicators of the mechanisms driving compositional changes in human-modified forest systems.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- community assembly
- forest regeneration
- functional trait variation
- land-use change
- net primary productivity
- secondary forest
- trait distributions
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