Traits of neighbouring plants and space limitation determine intraspecific trait variability in semi-arid shrublands

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F15%3A43890171" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/15:43890171 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12480/abstract" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12480/abstract</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12480" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2745.12480</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Traits of neighbouring plants and space limitation determine intraspecific trait variability in semi-arid shrublands
Original language description
Understanding how intraspecific trait variability (ITV) responds to both abiotic and biotic constraints is crucial to predict how individuals are assembled in plant communities, and how they will be impacted by ongoing global environmental change. Threekey functional traits [plant height, leaf area (LA) and specific leaf area (SLA)] were assessed to quantify the range of ITV of four dominant plant species along a rainfall gradient in semi-arid Mediterranean shrublands. Variance partitioning and confirmatory multilevel path analyses were used to assess the direct and indirect effects of rainfall, space limitation (crowding) and neighbouring plant traits on ITV. The direct effect of the local neighbourhood on the trait values of subordinate individualswas as strong as the effect of rainfall. The indirect effect of rainfall, however, mediated by the effect of the local neighbourhood on the trait values of subordinate individuals, was weak. Rainfall decreased the height and SLA of subord
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.30.0006" target="_blank" >EE2.3.30.0006: The Creation of Postdoc Positions at the University of South Bohemia and the Support of Itnersectoral Mobility by Expert Stays at the Foreign Leading R&D Institutions</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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