Scaling relationships among functional traits are similar across individuals, species, and communities,Journal of Vegetation Science

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Scaling relationships among functional traits are similar across individuals, species, and communities
Journal of Vegetation Science ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-22 , DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12893
Wenxing Long _{1,

2} , Yadong Zhou ₃ , Brandon S. Schamp ₄ , Runguo Zang _{5,

6} , Xiaobo Yang ₇ , Lourens Poorter ₈ , Chuchu Xiao _{1,

2} , Menghui Xiong ₉

Affiliation

College of Forestry/Wuzhishan National Long‐Term Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Research Station Hainan University Haikou P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants (Hainan University) Ministry of Education College of Forestry Hainan University Haikou P. R. China
Forestry Bureau of Hainan Province Haikou P. R. China
Department of Biology Algoma University Sault Ste. Marie ON Canada
Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing P. R. China
Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing P. R. China
College of Ecology and Environment Hainan University Haikou P. R. China
Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen The Netherlands
Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Pengshan District Meishan P. R. China

Question: Bivariate relationships among functional traits reflect how plants adjust to environments through the allocation of limiting resources. Bivariate relationships are well studied across species, but whether the nature of these trait relationships changes across organizational levels (individual, species, community), and whether processes driving these relationships vary across these levels, is seldom explored. Location: The tropical cloud forests of the Bawangling Nature Reserve, Jianfengling Nature Reserve and Limushan Nature Reserve on Hainan Island, Southern China. Methods: We measured leaf mass per area (LMA), plant height (H) and wood density (WD) for 4,748 individual trees, 174 species and 48 communities in three tropical cloud forests, and recorded five soil characteristics that are important for plant growth. We evaluated bivariate relationships between these traits across the three organizational levels, and assessed the effects of soil conditions on these trait relationships. Results: LMA versus H, WD versus H, and LMA versus WD were all positively and disproportionately related, suggesting differential carbon investment between leaves and stem, as well as between stem height and stem density. The slopes of these relationships did not differ significantly across the three levels, suggesting a similar allocation strategy operating at different hierarchical levels. Soil phosphorus had a significant effect on the scaling exponents across all three organizational levels, indicating that phosphorus limitation in cloud forests is a principal driver of resource allocation patterns in trees. conclusions: We conclude that tropical cloud forest trees have relatively consistent scaling relationships between three primary functional traits across the individual, species, and community levels. The coordinated resource allocation strategies in plants are most likely driven by the prevailing environmental constraints.

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