Contrasting intraspecific foliar trait responses to stressful conditions of two rhizomatous granite outcrop species at different scales in southwestern Australia

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12571" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12571</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12571" target="_blank" >10.1111/aec.12571</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Contrasting intraspecific foliar trait responses to stressful conditions of two rhizomatous granite outcrop species at different scales in southwestern Australia

Original language description

We studied seven plant traits for two common, rhizomatous granite outcrop species (the fern Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia, and the herb Stypandra glauca) with seasonal foliage during the cooler, wetter winter months at seven sites across an aridity gradient in southwestern Australia. We investigated trait patterns at regional and habitat scale, by investigating changes in trait values along the aridity gradient, and by comparing two different habitats types (sun-exposed and sheltered). At the habitat scale, we found support for our prediction, with plants in more stressful, sun-exposed habitats showing traits’ values associated with more conservative strategies (especially for water), such as smaller plants, denser leaves, higher foliar d13C and C/N. However, at the regional scale many traits displayed the opposite pattern, suggesting less conservative resource acquisition in more arid sites. This evidence was particularly pronounced for specific leaf area (SLA), which exhibited a significant, positive relationship with increasing aridity. We suggest that the unexpected regional trends in foliar traits relate to shorter lived, faster growing leaves linked to highly efficient resource acquisition and use strategies during the shorter growing season in the more arid regions. These highly exploitative strategies may enable plants to avoid climate extremes, that is, hot and dry periods in the more arid sites. Our findings of contrasting foliar traits responses at different scales support the importance of multi-scale approaches to quantify the role of intraspecific trait variability.n

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

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Austral Ecology

ISSN

1442-9985

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

43

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

AU - AUSTRALIA

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

249-256

UT code for WoS article

000430463400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85038825964