Intraspecific trait variation in plants: a renewed focus on its role in ecological processes

AC Westerband, JL Funk, KE Barton - Annals of botany, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Investigating the causes and consequences of intraspecific trait variation (ITV)
in plants is not novel, as it has long been recognized that such variation shapes biotic and …

Sugar signals pedal the cell cycle!

SS Rawat, A Laxmi - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Cell cycle involves the sequential and reiterative progression of important events leading to
cell division. Progression through a specific phase of the cell cycle is under the control of …

Experimental warming altered plant functional traits and their coordination in a permafrost ecosystem

B Wei, D Zhang, G Wang, Y Liu, Q Li, Z Zheng… - New …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge about changes in plant functional traits is valuable for the mechanistic
understanding of warming effects on ecosystem functions. However, observations have …

Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient

M Weemstra, GT Freschet, A Stokes… - Functional …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific trait variation is an important driver of plant performance in different
environments. Although roots acquire essential resources that vary with the environment …

Climate factors determine the utilization strategy of forest plant resources at large scales

J Wang, X Wang, Y Ji, J Gao - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Plant functional traits are a representation of plant resource utilization strategies. Plants with
higher specific leaf area (SLA) and lower leaf dry matter content (LDMC) exhibit faster …

Global analysis of trait–trait relationships within and between species

J Zhou, E Cieraad, PM van Bodegom - New Phytologist, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Some commonly reported trait–trait relationships between species, including the leaf
economic spectrum (LES), are regarded as important plant strategies but whether these …

Degradation shifts plant communities from S-to R-strategy in an alpine meadow, Tibetan Plateau

T Zhou, G Hou, J Sun, N Zong, P Shi - Science of the Total Environment, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The replacement of dominant sedges/grasses with secondary forbs is common in alpine
rangelands, but the underlying plant ecological strategies and their relevance to leaf traits …

Community assembly along climatic gradient: contrasting pattern between-and within-species

A Bricca, M Di Musciano, A Ferrara, JP Theurillat… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Grime's CSR classification of functional strategies in terms of competitors, stress-tolerators
and ruderals provides a helpful framework for understanding and predicting vegetation …

Intraspecific variation in fine-root traits is larger than in aboveground traits in European herbaceous species regardless of drought

S Rodríguez-Alarcón, R Tamme… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Differences within species (Intraspecific trait variation-ITV) contribute substantially to overall
trait variability and environmental harshness can reduce among-species variation. While …

Intraspecific trait changes in response to drought lead to trait convergence between—but not within—species

S Rodríguez‐Alarcón, R Tamme… - Functional …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Drought is expected to increase in future climate scenarios. Although responses to drought
of individual functional traits are relatively well‐known, simultaneous changes across …