Species habitat preferences and root trait variation across 65 temperate perennial forbs

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10508070

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf029" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf029</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf029" target="_blank" >10.1093/aob/mcaf029</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Species habitat preferences and root trait variation across 65 temperate perennial forbs

Original language description

While we know a lot about variation of root traits across large set of species, knowledge on differences in root traits among species with different ecological optima, simultaneously considering species lifespan and phylogeny, is limited. We also do not know if inter-specific differences in root traits measured in one environment apply in another environment. Such knowledge is crucial to predict species responses to future environments. Using 65 species cultivated under uniform conditions, we studied the effects of species habitat preference, describing under which conditions the species naturally occur, on root morphological and chemical traits and allocation to roots while also considering species lifespan, phenology at harvest and phylogeny. In a subset of species, we explored if species rankings in values of different traits depend on the specific substrate of growth. Inter-specific trait differences were strongly linked to species habitat preferences. The best predictor was an indicator value for soil disturbance with roots of species preferring disturbed habitats having higher specific root length and lower diameter, suggesting low collaboration with mutualists. While lifespan and phylogeny also determined trait values, their inclusion into models did not change the effects of habitat preferences. The patterns are thus not a result of species niche conservatism, but contemporary species adaptations. Species ranking in different substrates was more consistent for root morphology than for root chemistry and root/shoot ratio. Root trait variation is driven by species habitat preferences, indicating that inter-specific root trait variation is a result of species adaptations to different environments. Interestingly, the disturbance indicator value was a better predictor of root trait variation than other, more commonly considered, habitat characteristics. Inter-specific differentiation in root morphology is consistent among substrates and can thus be compared across studies, but root chemistry and allocation data have to be used with caution.

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

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-00761S" target="_blank" >GA22-00761S: The importance of plant-soil interactions for plant response to ongoing climate change</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

Annals of Botany

ISSN

0305-7364

e-ISSN

1095-8290

Volume of the periodical

136

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5-6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1339-1353

UT code for WoS article

001464817200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105024255559