Disentangling Interspecific and Intraspecific Trait Variability of Carex Species Across Different Habitats

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/25:00640565 RIV/60076658:12310/25:43910233

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70071" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70071</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70071" target="_blank" >10.1111/jvs.70071</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Disentangling Interspecific and Intraspecific Trait Variability of Carex Species Across Different Habitats

Original language description

Despite advances made in disentangling interspecific and intraspecific trait variability, little is known about their coordination. We explored intraspecific trait variability (ITV) of closely related species (to reduce phylogenetic effects) of the Carex genus growing over a broad environmental gradient. We asked whether (i) trait values of Carex species correlate with the community-weighted mean (CWM) of the same trait, (ii) to what extent Carex species turnover between localities and their ITV is responsible for this relationship, and (iii) the ITV of Carex species increases or decreases similarly to CWM, promoting either pattern of trait divergence or convergence. Location: South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Methods: We measured three key functional traits (height, specific leaf area-SLA, and leaf dry matter content-LDMC) on populations of 15 Carex species at 72 various localities. We also recorded species composition at each locality to compare Carex species traits with the respective CWMs of the rest of the community. Results: SLA was the only trait showing significant correlation between Carex species and CWM. This relationship was largely driven by a turnover of Carex species along the gradient of CWM, but ITV strengthened this relationship and increased similarity to CWM. Plant height of Carex species did not correlate with CWM, and LDMC did not show a consistent pattern among Carex species. Conclusion: ITV of SLA appears to be driven by trait convergence, which indicates environmental filtering for this trait. SLA is a highly variable trait, which was filtered toward optimal SLA values. This allows a more efficient capture of the energy from light and enables species to occupy a broader range of environmental conditions. The extension of conditions which species tolerate due to ITV is, however, limited compared to species turnover, which allows for a substantially broader spectrum of interspecific trait variability.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA20-13637S" target="_blank" >GA20-13637S: Diversification across scales: exploring the role of plant inter- and intra-specific differentiation for coexistence and ecosystem functioning</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vegetation Science

ISSN

1100-9233

e-ISSN

1654-1103

Volume of the periodical

36

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

e70071

UT code for WoS article

001591705500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105018637299