Global relationships in tree functional traits

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 3185 - 12
• Main Authors: Maynard, Daniel S., Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia, Zohner, Constantin M., Averill, Colin, van den Hoogen, Johan, Ma, Haozhi, Mo, Lidong, Smith, Gabriel Reuben, Acosta, Alicia T. R., Aubin, Isabelle, Berenguer, Erika, Boonman, Coline C. F., Catford, Jane A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Dias, Arildo S., González-Melo, Andrés, Hietz, Peter, Lusk, Christopher H., Mori, Akira S., Niinemets, Ülo, Pillar, Valério D., Pinho, Bruno X., Rosell, Julieta A., Schurr, Frank M., Sheremetev, Serge N., da Silva, Ana Carolina, Sosinski, Ênio, van Bodegom, Peter M., Weiher, Evan, Bönisch, Gerhard, Kattge, Jens, Crowther, Thomas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.06.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/158/2455; 704/158/852; Bark; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; biogeography; Botanics; Dominant traits; ecology; Ecology, environment; Economics; ecophysiology; Ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Forests; Humanities and Social Sciences; Leaves; Life Sciences; Machine learning; Moisture effects; Morphology; multidisciplinary; Physiology; Plant Bark - physiology; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Roots - physiology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seeds; Seeds - physiology; Sparsity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Trees; Trees - physiology; Uniqueness; Vegetal Biology; Wood - physiology; Woody plants; Biogeography; Ecophysiology; Ecology

Due to massive energetic investments in woody support structures, trees are subject to unique physiological, mechanical, and ecological pressures not experienced by herbaceous plants. Despite a wealth of studies exploring trait relationships across the entire plant kingdom, the dominant traits under...