A global meta‐analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

Siefert, Andrew; Violle, Cyrille; Chalmandrier, Loïc; Albert, Cécile H.; Taudiere, Adrien; Fajardo, Alex; Aarssen, Lonnie W.; Baraloto, Christopher; Carlucci, Marcos B.; Cianciaruso, Marcus V.; Dantas, Vinícius de L.; Bello, Francesco de; Duarte, Leandro D. S.; Fonseca, Carlos R.; Freschet, Grégoire T.; Gaucherand, Stéphanie; Gross, Nicolas; Hikosaka, Kouki; Jackson, Benjamin; Jung, Vincent; Kamiyama, Chiho; Katabuchi, Masatoshi; Kembel, Steven W.; Kichenin, Emilie; Kraft, Nathan J. B.; Lagerström, Anna; Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann Le; Li, Yuanzhi; Mason, Norman; Messier, Julie; Nakashizuka, Tohru; Overton, Jacob McC.; Peltzer, Duane A.; Pérez‐Ramos, I. M.; Pillar, Valério D.; Prentice, Honor C.; Richardson, Sarah; Sasaki, Takehiro; Schamp, Brandon S.; Schöb, Christian; Shipley, Bill; Sundqvist, Maja; Sykes, Martin T.; Vandewalle, Marie; Wardle, David A.

doi:10.1111/ele.12508

articleEcology LettersSep 28, 2015BRONZE OA

A global meta‐analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

ASAndrew SiefertCVCyrille ViolleLCLoïc ChalmandrierCHCécile H. AlbertATAdrien Taudiere

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Recent studies have shown that accounting for intraspecific trait variation (ITV) may better address major questions in community ecology. However, a general picture of the relative extent of ITV compared to interspecific trait variation in plant communities is still missing. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of the relative extent of ITV within and among plant communities worldwide, using a data set encompassing 629 communities (plots) and 36 functional traits. Overall, ITV accounted for 25% of the total trait variation within communities and 32% of the total trait variation among communities on average. The relative extent of ITV tended to be greater for whole-plant (e.g. plant height) vs. organ-level…

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Andrew SiefertCorresponding
University of California, Davis
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Cyrille Violle
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier
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Loïc Chalmandrier
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine, Université Grenoble Alpes
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Cécile H. Albert
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
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Adrien Taudiere
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier

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Intraspecific competition
Trait
Interspecific competition
Variation (astronomy)
Plant community
Species richness
Ecosystem
Community

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