ArticleOecologia2018
Plant physical and chemical defence variation along elevation gradients: a functional trait-based approach.
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- Patterns and driving factors of functional traits of desert species with different elevational distributions in the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
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- Interactive effects of changes in UV radiation and climate on terrestrial ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and feedbacks to the climate system.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023Article
- Leaf functional traits and pathogens: Linking coffee leaf rust with intraspecific trait variation in diversified agroecosystems.PloS one · 2023Article
- Anti-Herbivore Resistance Changes in Tomato with Elevation.Journal of chemical ecology · 2022Article
- Stem Trait Spectra Underpin Multiple Functions of Temperate Tree Species.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Insect herbivory increases from forest to alpine tundra in Arctic mountains.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2020Review
- Variable effects on growth and defense traits for plant ecotypic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity along elevation gradients.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Divergence in Glucosinolate Profiles between High- and Low-Elevation Populations ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- From plants to herbivores: novel insights into the ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant variation.Oecologia · 2018Article
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Abstract
Predicting variation in plant functional traits related to anti-herbivore defences remains a major challenge in ecological research, considering that multiple traits have evolved in response to both abiotic and biotic conditions. Therefore, understanding variation in plant anti-herbivore defence traits requires studying their expression along steep environmental gradients, such as along elevation, where multiple biotic and abiotic factors co-vary. We expand on plant defence theory and propose a novel conceptual framework to address the sources of variations of plant resistance traits at the community level. We analysed elevation patterns of within-community trait dissimilarity using the RaoQ index, and the community-weighted-mean (CWM) index, on several plant functional traits: plant height, specific leaf area (SLA), leaf-dry-matter-content (LDMC), silicium content, presence of trichomes, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (CN) and total secondary metabolite richness. We found that at high elevation, where harsh environmental conditions persist, community functional convergence is dictated by traits relating to plant growth (plant height and SLA), while divergence arises for traits relating resource-use (LDMC). At low elevation, where greater biotic pressure occurs, we found a combination of random (plant height), convergence (metabolite richness) and divergence patterns (silicium content). This framework thus combines community assembly rules of ecological filtering and niche partition with plant defence hypotheses to unravel the relationship between environmental variations, biotic pressure and the average phenotype of plants within a community.
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