Published March 12, 2020 | Version v1
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Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

Creators

  • 1. University of Edinburgh
  • 2. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
  • 3. University of Colorado Boulder
  • 4. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
  • 5. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal
  • 6. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
  • 7. Université de Sherbrooke
  • 8. Dutch Research Council
  • 9. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • 10. University of Lapland
  • 11. University of British Columbia
  • 12. Grand Valley State University
  • 13. Aarhus University
  • 14. United States Geological Survey
  • 15. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
  • 16. University of Zurich
  • 17. Universität Greifswald
  • 18. UNSW Sydney
  • 19. Joint Research Centre
  • 20. Northern Arizona University
  • 21. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
  • 22. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
  • 23. Leiden University
  • 24. University of California, Riverside
  • 25. Qatar University
  • 26. Mississippi State University
  • 27. Utrecht University
  • 28. University of Gothenburg
  • 29. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  • 30. Technical University of Munich
  • 31. University of Parma
  • 32. Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  • 33. Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 34. UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • 35. University of Copenhagen
  • 36. Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
  • 37. Queen's University
  • 38. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • 39. Wageningen University & Research
  • 40. University of Saskatchewan
  • 41. University of Vienna
  • 42. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 43. Universitat de Barcelona
  • 44. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • 45. Center for Northern Studies
  • 46. University of Victoria
  • 47. Research Institute for Nature and Forest
  • 48. Florida International University
  • 49. Umeå University
  • 50. Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • 51. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • 52. University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • 53. University of Waterloo
  • 54. Deakin University
  • 55. University of Bonn
  • 56. University of Stirling
  • 57. Universität Innsbruck
  • 58. University of Oxford
  • 59. Joint Global Change Research Institute
  • 60. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 61. Università di Camerino
  • 62. University of Insubria
  • 63. Jonah's Just Begun
  • 64. University of Würzburg
  • 65. Harvard University
  • 66. University of Ulm
  • 67. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
  • 68. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
  • 69. Estonian University of Life Sciences
  • 70. Kyoto University
  • 71. Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
  • 72. University of Regensburg

Description

Abstract The majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource acquisition. However, it is unknown whether global plant trait relationships extend to climatic extremes, and if these interspecific relationships are confounded by trait variation within species. We test whether trait relationships extend to the cold extremes of life on Earth using the largest database of tundra plant traits yet compiled. We show that tundra plants demonstrate remarkably similar resource economic traits, but not size traits, compared to global distributions, and exhibit the same two dimensions of trait variation. Three quarters of trait variation occurs among species, mirroring global estimates of interspecific trait variation. Plant trait relationships are thus generalizable to the edge of global trait-space, informing prediction of plant community change in a warming world.

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Translated Description (Arabic)

يُعتقد أن غالبية التباين في ست سمات حاسمة لنمو الأنواع النباتية وبقائها وتكاثرها يتم تنظيمها على بعدين فقط، مما يتوافق مع استراتيجيات حجم النبات واكتساب الموارد. ومع ذلك، من غير المعروف ما إذا كانت علاقات السمات النباتية العالمية تمتد إلى التطرف المناخي، وما إذا كانت هذه العلاقات بين الأنواع مرتبكة بسبب تباين السمات داخل الأنواع. نختبر ما إذا كانت علاقات السمات تمتد إلى أقصى درجات الحياة الباردة على الأرض باستخدام أكبر قاعدة بيانات لسمات نبات التندرا التي تم تجميعها حتى الآن. نظهر أن نباتات التندرا تظهر سمات اقتصادية متشابهة بشكل ملحوظ، ولكن ليس سمات الحجم، مقارنة بالتوزيعات العالمية، وتظهر نفس البعدين من تباين السمات. يحدث ثلاثة أرباع تباين السمات بين الأنواع، مما يعكس التقديرات العالمية لتباين السمات بين الأنواع. وبالتالي، فإن علاقات السمات النباتية قابلة للتعميم على حافة فضاء السمات العالمي، مما يساعد على التنبؤ بتغير المجتمع النباتي في عالم دافئ.

Translated Description (French)

Résumé On pense que la majorité de la variation de six traits essentiels à la croissance, à la survie et à la reproduction des espèces végétales est organisée selon deux dimensions, correspondant à des stratégies de taille des plantes et d'acquisition de ressources. Cependant, on ne sait pas si les relations globales entre les traits des plantes s'étendent aux extrêmes climatiques et si ces relations interspécifiques sont confondues par la variation des traits au sein des espèces. Nous testons si les relations de traits s'étendent aux extrêmes froids de la vie sur Terre en utilisant la plus grande base de données de traits de plantes de la toundra jamais compilée. Nous montrons que les plantes de la toundra présentent des caractéristiques économiques des ressources remarquablement similaires, mais pas des caractéristiques de taille, par rapport aux distributions globales, et présentent les deux mêmes dimensions de variation des caractéristiques. Les trois quarts de la variation des caractères se produisent entre les espèces, reflétant les estimations globales de la variation interspécifique des caractères. Les relations des traits végétaux sont donc généralisables à la limite de l'espace global des traits, informant la prédiction du changement de la communauté végétale dans un monde qui se réchauffe.

Translated Description (Spanish)

Resumen Se cree que la mayoría de la variación en seis rasgos críticos para el crecimiento, la supervivencia y la reproducción de las especies de plantas se organiza en solo dos dimensiones, correspondientes a estrategias de tamaño de la planta y adquisición de recursos. Sin embargo, se desconoce si las relaciones globales de los rasgos de las plantas se extienden a los extremos climáticos, y si estas relaciones interespecíficas se confunden por la variación de los rasgos dentro de las especies. Probamos si las relaciones de los rasgos se extienden a los extremos fríos de la vida en la Tierra utilizando la base de datos más grande de rasgos de plantas de tundra compilada hasta ahora. Mostramos que las plantas de tundra demuestran rasgos económicos de recursos notablemente similares, pero no rasgos de tamaño, en comparación con las distribuciones globales, y exhiben las mismas dos dimensiones de variación de rasgos. Tres cuartas partes de la variación del rasgo ocurre entre especies, lo que refleja las estimaciones globales de la variación del rasgo interespecífico. Las relaciones entre los rasgos de las plantas son, por lo tanto, generalizables al borde del espacio de rasgos global, lo que informa la predicción del cambio de la comunidad de plantas en un mundo en calentamiento.

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Additional titles

Translated title (Arabic)
تمتد علاقات السمات النباتية العالمية إلى أقصى الحدود المناخية لمنطقة التندرا الحيوية
Translated title (French)
Les relations mondiales des traits végétaux s'étendent aux extrêmes climatiques du biome de la toundra
Translated title (Spanish)
Las relaciones globales entre los rasgos de las plantas se extienden a los extremos climáticos del bioma de la tundra

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4

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