plant economics spectrum in Mediterranean forests along environmental gradients: is there coordination among leaf, stem and root traits?

• Published in: Journal of vegetation science Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 187 - 199
• Main Authors: Riva, Enrique G, Tosto, Ambra, Pérez‐Ramos, Ignacio M, Navarro‐Fernández, Carmen M, Olmo, Manuel, Anten, Niels P.R, Marañón, Teodoro, Villar, Rafael, Bello, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Opulus Press 01.01.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Acquisition-conservation trade-off; Centre for Crop Systems Analysis; Crop and Weed Ecology; economics; environmental factors; fecundity; forests; Functional trait; leaves; LHS scheme; mountains; nutrient availability; PE&RC; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; plant communities; plant organs; Root dry matter content; Seed mass; shrublands; soil water; Spain; Specific leaf area; stress tolerance; Tolerance-fecundity model; woody plants; Spain

QUESTIONS: Is there any evidence of coordination among leaf, stem and root traits, and thereby of the existence of a plant economics spectrum at the species and community level in Mediterranean forests? Are these traits related to plant size and seed mass? LOCATION: Mediterranean forests and shrubla...