Shoot growth of woody trees and shrubs is predicted by maximum plant height and associated traits
| Autor: | Andrea E. A. Stephens, Wade C. Tozer, Don W. Butler, Mark Westoby, Julieta A. Rosell, Claire A. Laws, Chris J. Blackman, Julia Cooke, Stephanie A. Stuart, Yvonne Chang, Alicia M. Cook, Sean M. Gleason |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Canopy media_common.quotation_subject fungi food and beverages Xylem Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Competition (biology) Twig Horticulture Botany Shoot Temperate climate Leaf size Growth rate Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010606 plant biology & botany media_common |
| Zdroj: | Functional Ecology. 32:247-259 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2435 0269-8463 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1365-2435.12972 |
| Popis: | The rate of elongation and thickening of individual branches (shoots) varies across plant species. This variation is important for the outcome of competition and other plant–plant interactions. Here, we compared rates of shoot growth across 44 species from tropical, warm temperate and cool temperate forests of eastern Australia. Shoot growth rate was found to correlate with a suite of traits including the potential height of the species, xylem-specific conductivity, leaf size, leaf area per xylem cross-section (LA/XA), twig diameter (at 40 cm length), wood density and modulus of elasticity. Within this suite of traits, maximum plant height was the clearest correlate of growth rates, explaining 50%–67% of the variation in growth overall (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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