A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world-wide

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 444 - 457
• Main Authors: Pierce, Simon, Negreiros, Daniel, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Kattge, Jens, Díaz, Sandra, Kleyer, Michael, Shipley, Bill, Wright, Stuart Joseph, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Onipchenko, Vladimir G., van Bodegom, Peter M., Frenette-Dussault, Cedric, Weiher, Evan, Pinho, Bruno X., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Grime, John Philip, Thompson, Ken, Hunt, Roderick, Wilson, Peter J., Buffa, Gabriella, Nyakunga, Oliver C., Reich, Peter B., Caccianiga, Marco, Mangili, Federico, Ceriani, Roberta M., Luzzaro, Alessandra, Brusa, Guido, Siefert, Andrew, Barbosa, Newton P. U., Chapin, Francis Stuart, Cornwell, William K., Fang, Jingyun, Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson, Garnier, Eric, Le Stradic, Soizig, Peñuelas, Josep, Melo, Felipe P. L., Slaviero, Antonio, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tampucci, Duccio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley 01.02.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Annual precipitation; atmospheric precipitation; Biogeochemical cycles; Claytonia perfoliata; climate; Climate change; community assembly; Community ecology; comparative ecology; Convergence; Coverage; data collection; deciduous forests; deserts; Divergence; Dry matter; dry matter content; economics; Ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Evapotranspiration; Flowering; Forbs; Grime's CSR triangle; Growth rate; herbivores; Herbivory; herbs; Interspecific; interspecific variation; Land use; Larrea; Larrea divaricata; Leaf area; leaves; Mathematical analysis; nitrogen content; perennials; Phylogeny; plant economics spectrum; plant functional type; Plants; Seasonal variations; Strategy; survival strategy; temperature; trees; Tropical forests; universal adaptive strategy theory; vascular plants

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) (r...