ArticleOecologia2016
Root and leaf traits reflect distinct resource acquisition strategies in tropical lianas and trees.
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- Effects of Geographical and Climatic Factors on the Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency of Tropical Plants: Evidence from LeafPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Temperate Lianas Have More Acquisitive Strategies than Host Trees in Leaf and Stem Traits, but Not Root Traits.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Phenotypes and environment predict seedling survival for seven co-occurring Great Basin plant taxa growing with invasive grass.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Differential influence of cortex and stele components on root tip diameter in different types of tropical climbing plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Seed Size Variation of Trees and Lianas in a Tropical Forest of Southeast Asia: Allometry, Phylogeny, and Seed Trait - Plant Functional Trait Relationships.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Differentiation in stem and leaf traits among sympatric lianas, scandent shrubs and trees in a subalpine cold temperate forest.Tree physiology · 2021Article
- Unraveling the relative role of light and water competition between lianas and trees in tropical forests: A vegetation model analysis.The Journal of ecology · 2021Article
- Biomass and nitrogen distribution ratios reveal a reduced root investment in temperate lianas vs. self-supporting plants.Annals of botany · 2019Article
- Liana and tree below-ground water competition-evidence for water resource partitioning during the dry season.Tree physiology · 2018Article
- Effects of Increased Nitrogen and Phosphorus Deposition on Offspring Performance of Two Dominant Species in a Temperate Steppe Ecosystem.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Root and Rhizosphere Bacterial Phosphatase Activity Varies with Tree Species and Soil Phosphorus Availability in Puerto Rico Tropical Forest.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Intraspecific Trait Variation and Coordination: Root and Leaf Economics Spectra in Coffee across Environmental Gradients.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
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Abstract
In Neotropical forests, lianas are increasing in abundance relative to trees. This increased species richness may reflect a positive response to global change factors including increased temperature, atmospheric CO2, habitat fragmentation, and drought severity; however, questions remain as to the specific mechanisms facilitating the response. Previous work suggests that lianas may gain an ecological advantage over trees through leaf functional traits that offer a quick return on investment of resources, although it is unknown whether this pattern extends to root traits and relationships with fungal or bacterial symbionts belowground. We sampled confamilial pairs of liana and tree species and quantified morphological and chemical traits of leaves and fine roots, as well as root symbiont abundance, to determine whether functional traits associated with resource acquisition differed between the two. Compared to trees, lianas possessed higher specific leaf area, specific root length, root branching intensity, and root nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations, and lower leaf and root tissue density, leaf and root carbon (C), root diameter, root C:P and N:P, and mycorrhizal colonization. Our study provides new evidence that liana leaf and root traits are characterized by a rapid resource acquisition strategy relative to trees. These liana functional traits may facilitate their response to global change, raising questions about how increased liana dominance might affect ecosystem processes of Neotropical forests.
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