scholarly journals Variation and correlation in functional traits of main woody plants in the Cyclobalanopsis glauca community in the karst hills of Guilin, southwest China

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 828-841
Author(s):  
Run-Hong LIU ◽  
Jin-Lian BAI ◽  
Han BAO ◽  
Juan-Li NONG ◽  
Jia-Jia ZHAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Cyclobalanopsis Glauca

Scale variation and correlation of plant functional traits in the dominant Cyclobalanopsis glauca community in the karst area of Guilin city, Southwest China

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
李月娟 LI Yuejuan ◽  
李娇凤 LI Jiaofeng ◽  
常斌 CHANG Bin ◽  
姜勇 JIANG Yong ◽  
梁士楚 LIANG Shichu
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Plant Functional Traits ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Cyclobalanopsis Glauca ◽  
Scale Variation

scholarly journals Phylogenetic and Functional Traits Verify the Combined Effect of Deterministic and Stochastic Processes in the Community Assembly of Temperate Forests along an Elevational Gradient

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 591
Author(s):  
Wensong Zhou ◽  
Yuxin Zhang ◽  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Basil N. Yakimov ◽  
Keming Ma
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Processes ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Community Assembly ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Combined Effect ◽  
Abiotic Environment ◽  
Spatial Factors ◽  
Assembly Mechanism ◽  
Deterministic Processes

Explaining community assembly mechanisms along elevational gradients dominated by deterministic processes or stochastic processes is a pressing challenge. Many studies suggest that phylogenetic and functional diversity are significant indicators of the process. In this study, we analyzed the structure and beta diversity of phylogenetic and functional traits along an elevational gradient and discussed the effects of environmental and spatial factors. We found that the phylogenetic and functional traits showed inconsistent changes, and their variations were closely related to the abiotic environment. The results suggested that the community assembly of woody plants was obviously affected by the combined effect of deterministic processes and the stochastic hypothesis (primarily by the latter). Phylogenetic and functional traits had a certain relationship but changed according to different rules. These results enhance our understanding of the assembly mechanism of forest communities by considering both phylogenetic and functional traits.

scholarly journals A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
B. J. Wigley ◽  
T. Charles-Dominique ◽  
G. P. Hempson ◽  
N. Stevens ◽  
M. TeBeest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Plant Functional Traits ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Environmental Filters ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Selective Pressures ◽  
Plant Life ◽  
Species Performance

Plant functional traits provide a valuable tool to improve our understanding of ecological processes at a range of scales. Previous handbooks on plant functional traits have highlighted the importance of standardising measurements of traits to improve our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes. In open ecosystems (i.e. grasslands, savannas, open woodlands and shrublands), traits related to disturbance (e.g. herbivory, drought, and fire) play a central role in explaining species performance and distributions and are the focus of this handbook. We provide brief descriptions of 34 traits and list important environmental filters and their relevance, provide detailed sampling methodologies and outline potential pitfalls for each trait. We have grouped traits according to plant functional type (grasses, forbs and woody plants) and, because demographic stages may experience different selective pressures, we have separated traits according to the different plant life stages (seedlings saplings and adults). We have attempted to not include traits that have been covered in previous handbooks except for where updates or additional information was considered beneficial.

Variation in functional traits of woody species across scales in a riparian zone of Lijiang River, Southwest China

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
刘润红 LIU Runhong ◽  
梁士楚 LIANG Shichu ◽  
黄冬柳 HUANG Dongliu ◽  
黄昶吟 HUANG Changyin ◽  
李娇凤 LI Jiaofeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Riparian Zone ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
Lijiang River

Spatial pattern of woody plants and their environmental interpretation in the karst forest of southwest China

2013 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Du ◽  
W. X. Peng ◽  
T. Q. Song ◽  
F. P. Zeng ◽  
K. L. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Environmental Interpretation ◽  
Karst Forest

scholarly journals Corrigendum to: A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
B. J. Wigley ◽  
T. Charles-Dominique ◽  
G. P. Hempson ◽  
N. Stevens ◽  
M. te Beest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Plant Functional Traits ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Environmental Filters ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Selective Pressures ◽  
Plant Life ◽  
Species Performance

Plant functional traits provide a valuable tool to improve our understanding of ecological processes at a range of scales. Previous handbooks on plant functional traits have highlighted the importance of standardising measurements of traits to improve our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes. In open ecosystems (i.e. grasslands, savannas, open woodlands and shrublands), traits related to disturbance (e.g. herbivory, drought, and fire) play a central role in explaining species performance and distributions and are the focus of this handbook. We provide brief descriptions of 34 traits and list important environmental filters and their relevance, provide detailed sampling methodologies and outline potential pitfalls for each trait. We have grouped traits according to plant functional type (grasses, forbs and woody plants) and, because demographic stages may experience different selective pressures, we have separated traits according to the different plant life stages (seedlings saplings and adults). We have attempted to not include traits that have been covered in previous handbooks except for where updates or additional information was considered beneficial.

Numerical classification and ordination of Cyclobalanopsis glauca communities in karst hills of Guilin, Southwest China

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
刘润红 LIU Runhong ◽  
涂洪润 TU Hongrun ◽  
李娇凤 LI Jiaofeng ◽  
梁士楚 LIANG Shichu ◽  
姜勇 JIANG Yong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southwest China ◽  
Numerical Classification ◽  
Cyclobalanopsis Glauca
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