Global patterns of the leaf economics spectrum in wetlands

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 4519 - 9
• Main Authors: Pan, Yingji, Cieraad, Ellen, Armstrong, Jean, Armstrong, William, Clarkson, Beverley R., Colmer, Timothy D., Pedersen, Ole, Visser, Eric J. W., Voesenek, Laurentius A. C. J., van Bodegom, Peter M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.09.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/4016; 704/158/2459; 704/158/852; Clustering; Ecology; Economic analysis; Economics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Leaves; Life span; multidisciplinary; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Plants; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Wetlands

The leaf economics spectrum (LES) describes consistent correlations among a variety of leaf traits that reflect a gradient from conservative to acquisitive plant strategies. So far, whether the LES holds in wetland plants at a global scale has been unclear. Using data on 365 wetland species from 151...