A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility
Netherlands Institute of Ecology · KWR Water Research Institute · +3 more institutions
Abstract
ABSTRACT Aim This first global quantification of the relationship between leaf traits and soil nutrient fertility reflects the trade‐off between growth and nutrient conservation. The power of soils versus climate in predicting leaf trait values is assessed in bivariate and multivariate analyses and is compared with the distribution of growth forms (as a discrete classification of vegetation) across gradients of soil fertility and climate. Location All continents except for Antarctica. Methods Data on specific leaf area (SLA), leaf N concentration (LNC), leaf P concentration (LPC) and leaf N:P were collected for 474 species distributed across 99 sites (809 records), together with abiotic information from each…
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Authors
6- JOJenny OrdóñezCorresponding
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
- PMPeter M. van Bodegom
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
- JMJan‐Philip M. Witte
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, KWR Water Research Institute
- IJIan J. Wright
Macquarie University
- PBPeter B. Reich
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Topics & keywords
- Soil fertility
- Nutrient
- Agronomy
- Soil water
- Environmental science
- Abiotic component
- Specific leaf area
- Biology