A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world‐wide
University of Milan · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · +33 more institutions
Abstract
Summary Competitor, stress‐tolerator, ruderal ( CSR ) theory is a prominent plant functional strategy scheme previously applied to local floras. Globally, the wide geographic and phylogenetic coverage of available values of leaf area ( LA ), leaf dry matter content ( LDMC ) and specific leaf area ( SLA ) (representing, respectively, interspecific variation in plant size and conservative vs . acquisitive resource economics) promises the general application of CSR strategies across biomes, including the tropical forests hosting a large proportion of Earth's diversity. We used trait variation for 3068 tracheophytes (representing 198 families, six continents and 14 biomes) to create a globally calibrated CSR…
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Authors
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University of Milan
- DNDaniel Negreiros
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- BEBruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini
University of Insubria
- JKJens Kattge
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- SDSandra Dı́az
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal
Topics & keywords
- Biome
- Biology
- Specific leaf area
- Trait
- Ecology
- Ruderal species
- Phenology
- Ecosystem