RT Journal Article
T1 Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes
A1 Conti, Luisa
A1 Valencia Gómez, Enrique
A1 Galland, Thomas
A1 Götzenberger, Lars
A1 Lepš, Jan
A1 E-Vojtkó, Anna
A1 Carmona, Carlos P.
A1 Májeková, Maria
A1 Danihelka, Jiří
A1 Dengler, Jürgen
A1 Eldridge, David J.
A1 Estiarte, Marc
A1 García González, Ricardo
A1 Garnier, Eric
A1 Gómez, Daniel
A1 Hadincová, Věra
A1 Harrison, Susan P.
A1 Herben, Tomáš
A1 Ibáñez, Ricardo
A1 Jentsch, Anke
A1 Juergens, Norbert
A1 Kertész, Miklós
A1 Klumpp, Katja
A1 Krahulec, František
A1 Louault, Frédérique
A1 Marrs, Rob H.
A1 Ónodi, Gábor
A1 Pakeman, Robin J.
A1 Pärtel, Meelis
A1 Peco, Begoña
A1 Peñuelas, Josep
A1 Rueda, Marta
A1 Schmidt, Wolfgang
A1 Schmiedel, Ute
A1 Schuetz, Martin
A1 Skalova, Hana
A1 Šmilauer, Petr
A1 Šmilauerová, Marie
A1 Smit, Christian
A1 Song, MingHua
A1 Stock, Martin
A1 Val, James
A1 Vandvik, Vigdis
A1 Ward, David
A1 Wesche, Karsten
A1 Wiser, Susan K.
A1 Woodcock, Ben A.
A1 Young, Truman P.
A1 Yu, Fei-Hai
A1 Zobel, Martin
A1 de Bello, Francesco
AB Ecological theory posits that temporal stability patterns in plant populations are associated with differences in species' ecological strategies. However, empirical evidence is lacking about which traits, or trade-offs, underlie species stability, especially across different biomes. We compiled a worldwide collection of long-term permanent vegetation records (greater than 7000 plots from 78 datasets) from a large range of habitats which we combined with existing trait databases. We tested whether the observed inter-annual variability in species abundance (coefficient of variation) was related to multiple individual traits. We found that populations with greater leaf dry matter content and seed mass were more stable over time. Despite the variability explained by these traits being low, their effect was consistent across different datasets. Other traits played a significant, albeit weaker, role in species stability, and the inclusion of multi-variate axes or phylogeny did not substantially modify nor improve predictions. These results provide empirical evidence and highlight the relevance of specific ecological trade-offs, i.e. in different resource-use and dispersal strategies, for plant populations stability across multiple biomes. Further research is, however, necessary to integrate and evaluate the role of other specific traits, often not available in databases, and intraspecific trait variability in modulating species stability.
PB The Royal Society Publishing
YR 2023
FD 2023-06-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122252
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122252
LA eng
NO Conti, L., Valencia, E., Galland, T., Götzenberger, L., Lepš, J., E-Vojtkó, A., Carmona, C. P., Májeková, M., Danihelka, J., Dengler, J., Eldridge, D. J., Estiarte, M., García-González, R., Garnier, E., Gómez, D., Hadincová, V., Harrison, S. P., Herben, T., Ibáñez, R., et al. (2023). Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(2001), 20230344. https://doi.org/10.1098/RSPB.2023.0344
NO This research was funded by Czech Science Foundation Grant GACR16-15012S and Czech Academy of Sciences Grant RVO 67985939 and by the Spanish Plan Nacional de I + D + i (project PGC2018-099027-B-I00). R.J.P. was supported by the Scottish Government's Rural and Environmental Sciences and Analytical Services division. M.P. and C.P.C. were supported by the Estonian Research Council grant (grant nos. PRG609 and PSG293). M.P. and M.Z. were supported by the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence EcolChange). S.K.W. was supported by the Strategic Science Investment Fund of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. E.V. was funded by the 2017 program for attracting and retaining talent of Comunidad de Madrid (grant no. 2017-T2/AMB-5406). B.A.W. is funded by NERC under AgZero + NE/W005050/1 and RestREco NE/V006444/1. R.M. was supported by Defra and the Leverhulme Trust. T.P.Y. was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (19-31224). J.P. was supported by the Fundación Ramón Areces grant CIVP20A6621.
NO Czech Academy of Sciences
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Estonian Research Council
NO European Commission
NO Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (New Zeland)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain)
NO National Science Foundation (United States)
NO Fundación Ramón Areces
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 jul 2025