The influence of four major plant traits on average height, leaf area cover, net primary productivity, and standing biomass in single-species forests: a theoretical investigation

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Falster, DanielDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Sydney, Australia (author)

The influence of four major plant traits on average height, leaf area cover, net primary productivity, and standing biomass in single-species forests : a theoretical investigation

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2010-10-12
Wiley,2011
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01735.xDOI

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Article first published online: 12 OCT 2010
Numerous plant traits are known to influence aspects of individual performance, including rates of carbon uptake, tissue turnover, mortality and fecundity. These traits are bound to influence emergent properties of vegetation because quantities such as leaf-area cover, average height, primary productivity and density of standing biomass result from the collective behaviour of individuals. Yet, little is known about the influence of individual traits on these emergent properties, despite the widespread use in current vegetation models of plant functional types, each of which is defined by a constellation of traits. We examine the influence of four key traits (leaf economic strategy, height at maturation, wood density, and seed size) on four emergent vegetation properties (average height of leaf area, leaf-area index, net primary productivity and biomass density). We employ a trait-, size- and patch-structured model of vegetation dynamics that allows scaling up from individual-level growth processes and probabilistic disturbances to landscape-level predictions. A physiological growth model incorporating relevant trade-offs was designed and calibrated based on known empirical patterns. The resulting vegetation model naturally exhibits a range of phenomena commonly observed in vegetation dynamics. We modelled single-species stands, varying each trait over its known empirical range. Seed size had only a small effect on vegetation properties, primarily because our metapopulations were not seed-limited. The remaining traits all had larger effects on vegetation properties, especially on biomass density. Leaf economic strategy influenced minimum light requirement, and thus total leaf area and basal area. Wood density and height at maturation influenced vegetation mainly by modifying individual stem mass. These effects of traits were maintained, and sometimes amplified, across stands differing in productivity and mean disturbance interval. Synthesis: Natural trait variation can cause large differences in emergent properties of vegetation, the magnitudes of which approach those arising through changes to site productivity and disturbance frequency. Our results therefore underscore the need for next-generation vegetation models that incorporate functional traits together with their effects on the patch and size structure of vegetation.

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NATURVETENSKAP Biologi Ekologi hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Biological Sciences Ecology hsv//eng
allometry
determinants of plant community diversity and structure
ecosystem services
functional traits
height
leaf-area index
net primary productivity
partial differential equation
size-asymmetric competition
vegetation model

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Brännström, Åke,1975-Umeå universitet,Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik,Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria(Swepub:umu)akebrm97 (author)
Dieckmann, UlfEvolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria (author)
Westoby, MarkDepartment of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Sydney, Australia (author)
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Sydney, AustraliaInstitutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik (creator_code:org_t)

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