Shifts in plant resource use strategies across climate and soil gradients in dryland steppe communities
Background and aims Despite being Earth’s largest biome and a key contributor to global energy budgets, arid regions (or drylands) are critically understudied relative to mesic ecosystems. Here we clarify how dryland species vary in their functional traits across environmental gradients. Methods We...
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| description | Background and aims
Despite being Earth’s largest biome and a key contributor to global energy budgets, arid regions (or drylands) are critically understudied relative to mesic ecosystems. Here we clarify how dryland species vary in their functional traits across environmental gradients.
Methods
We measured nine traits reflecting resource use for 68 species inhabiting dryland steppe communities across northwestern China. We tested predictions from various theoretical frameworks including the leaf economics spectrum, leaf energy balance theory and least-cost optimality theory.
Results
Species on drier or sunnier sites had smaller leaves with higher LMA, higher leaf nitrogen concentration per area (N
area
), and a greater drawdown of CO
2
during photosynthesis (i.e., lower C
i
:C
a
) suggesting higher photosynthetic water use efficiency. Leaf nitrogen per mass and plant height (typically |
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Despite being Earth’s largest biome and a key contributor to global energy budgets, arid regions (or drylands) are critically understudied relative to mesic ecosystems. Here we clarify how dryland species vary in their functional traits across environmental gradients.
Methods
We measured nine traits reflecting resource use for 68 species inhabiting dryland steppe communities across northwestern China. We tested predictions from various theoretical frameworks including the leaf economics spectrum, leaf energy balance theory and least-cost optimality theory.
Results
Species on drier or sunnier sites had smaller leaves with higher LMA, higher leaf nitrogen concentration per area (N
area
), and a greater drawdown of CO
2
during photosynthesis (i.e., lower C
i
:C
a
) suggesting higher photosynthetic water use efficiency. Leaf nitrogen per mass and plant height (typically < 1.4 m for all species) did not vary with climate or with soil properties. Trait-trait relationships showed little patterning in relation to climate or soil. Traits of forbs were more strongly influenced by environmental properties than those of the shrubs, trees, or grasses sampled.
Conclusion
We investigated variation in plant traits that influence carbon economy, water use and competitive interactions, and found that in dry and low fertility environments, dryland steppe species exhibited a mixture of resource acquisitive (e.g. high N
area
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Despite being Earth’s largest biome and a key contributor to global energy budgets, arid regions (or drylands) are critically understudied relative to mesic ecosystems. Here we clarify how dryland species vary in their functional traits across environmental gradients.
Methods
We measured nine traits reflecting resource use for 68 species inhabiting dryland steppe communities across northwestern China. We tested predictions from various theoretical frameworks including the leaf economics spectrum, leaf energy balance theory and least-cost optimality theory.
Results
Species on drier or sunnier sites had smaller leaves with higher LMA, higher leaf nitrogen concentration per area (N
area
), and a greater drawdown of CO
2
during photosynthesis (i.e., lower C
i
:C
a
) suggesting higher photosynthetic water use efficiency. Leaf nitrogen per mass and plant height (typically < 1.4 m for all species) did not vary with climate or with soil properties. Trait-trait relationships showed little patterning in relation to climate or soil. Traits of forbs were more strongly influenced by environmental properties than those of the shrubs, trees, or grasses sampled.
Conclusion
We investigated variation in plant traits that influence carbon economy, water use and competitive interactions, and found that in dry and low fertility environments, dryland steppe species exhibited a mixture of resource acquisitive (e.g. high N
area
) and conservative leaf traits (e.g. high LMA). 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Despite being Earth’s largest biome and a key contributor to global energy budgets, arid regions (or drylands) are critically understudied relative to mesic ecosystems. Here we clarify how dryland species vary in their functional traits across environmental gradients.
Methods
We measured nine traits reflecting resource use for 68 species inhabiting dryland steppe communities across northwestern China. We tested predictions from various theoretical frameworks including the leaf economics spectrum, leaf energy balance theory and least-cost optimality theory.
Results
Species on drier or sunnier sites had smaller leaves with higher LMA, higher leaf nitrogen concentration per area (N
area
), and a greater drawdown of CO
2
during photosynthesis (i.e., lower C
i
:C
a
) suggesting higher photosynthetic water use efficiency. Leaf nitrogen per mass and plant height (typically < 1.4 m for all species) did not vary with climate or with soil properties. Trait-trait relationships showed little patterning in relation to climate or soil. Traits of forbs were more strongly influenced by environmental properties than those of the shrubs, trees, or grasses sampled.
Conclusion
We investigated variation in plant traits that influence carbon economy, water use and competitive interactions, and found that in dry and low fertility environments, dryland steppe species exhibited a mixture of resource acquisitive (e.g. high N
area
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| subjects | Agriculture Arid lands Arid regions Arid zones Biomedical and Life Sciences Carbon dioxide Climate change Drawdown Drought Ecology Ecosystems Energy balance Energy budget Environmental gradient Fertility Forbs Functionally gradient materials Leaves Life Sciences Nitrogen Photosynthesis Plant Physiology Plant resources Plant Sciences Plants (botany) Rain Research Article Soil fertility Soil properties Soil Science & Conservation Soils Species Steppes Trends Water use Water use efficiency |
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