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Multiple drivers of functional diversity in temperate forest understories: Climate, soil, and forest structure effects
Chelli
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Stefano
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Bricca
,
Alessandro
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Tsakalos
,
James L.
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Andreetta
,
Anna
,
Bonari
,
Gianmaria
,
Campetella
,
Giandiego
,
Carnicelli
,
Stefano
,
Cervellini
,
Marco
,
Puletti
,
Nicola
,
Wellstein
,
Camilla
,
Canullo
,
R.
climate change
functional diversity
bud bank
forest management
plant height
seed mass
specific leaf area
Mostra abstract
In macroecology, shifting from coarse- to local-scale explanatory factors is crucial for understanding how global change impacts functional diversity (FD). Plants possess diverse traits allowing them to differentially respond across a spectrum of environmental conditions. We aim to assess how macro- to microclimate, stand-scale measured soil properties, forest structure, and management type, influence forest understorey FD at the macroecological scale. Our study covers Italian forests, using thirteen predictors categorized into climate, soil, forest structure, and management. We analyzed five traits (i.e., specific leaf area, plant size, seed mass, belowground bud bank size, and clonal lateral spread) capturing independent functional dimensions to calculate the standardized effect size of functional diversity (SES-FD) for all traits (multi-trait) and for single traits. Multiple regression models were applied to assess the effect of predictors on SES-FD. We revealed that climate, soil, and forest structure significantly drive SES-FD of specific leaf area, plant size, seed mass, and bud bank. Forest management had a limited effect. However, differences emerged between herbaceous and woody growth forms of the understorey layer, with herbaceous species mainly responding to climate and soil features, while woody species were mainly affected by forest structure. Future warmer and more seasonal climate could reduce the diversity of resource economics, plant size, and persistence strategies of the forest understorey. Soil eutrophication and acidification may impact the diversity of regeneration strategies; canopy closure affects the diversity of above- and belowground traits, with a larger effect on woody species. Multifunctional approaches are vital to disentangle the effect of global changes on functional diversity since independent functional specialization axes are modulated by different drivers. © 2024 The Authors
The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates
Journé
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Valentin
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Bogdziewicz
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Michał
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Courbaud
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Benoít
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Kunstler
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Georges
,
Qiu
,
Tong
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Aravena Acuña
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Marie Claire
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Ascoli
,
Davide
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Bergeron
,
Yves
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Berveiller
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Daniel
,
Boivin
,
Thomas
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Bonal
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Raúl
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Caignard
,
Thomas
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Cailleret
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Maxime
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Calama
,
Rafael A.
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Camarero
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Jesús Julio
,
Chang-Yang
,
Chia Hao
,
Chave
,
Jérôme
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Curt
,
Thomas
,
Cutini
,
Andrea
,
Das
,
Adrian J.
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Daskalakou
,
Evangelia N.
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Davi
,
Hendrik
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Delpierre
,
Nicolas
,
Delzon
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Sylvain
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Dietze
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Michael C.
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Calderon
,
Sergio Donoso
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Dormont
,
Laurent
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Espelta
,
Josep Maria
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Farfan-Rios
,
William R.
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Fenner
,
Michael
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Franklin
,
Jerry F.
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Gehring
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Catherine A.
,
Gilbert
,
Gregory S.
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Gratzer
,
Georg
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Greenberg
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Cathryn H.
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Guignabert
,
Arthur
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Guo
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Qinfeng
,
Hacket-Pain
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Andrew J.
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Hampe
,
Arndt
,
Han
,
Qingmin
,
Hanley
,
Mick E.
,
Hille Ris Lambers
,
Janneke
,
Holik
,
Jan
,
Hoshizaki
,
K.
,
Ibáñez
,
Inés
,
Johnstone
,
Jill F.
,
Knops
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Johannes Michael Hubertus
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Kobe
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Richard K.
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Kurokawa
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Hiroko
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Lageard
,
Jonathan G.A.
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LaMontagne
,
Jalene M.
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Ledwoń
,
Mateusz
,
Lefèvre
,
François
,
Leininger
,
Theodor D.
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Limousin
,
Jean Marc
,
Lutz
,
James A.
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Macias
,
Diana S.
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Mårell
,
Anders
,
McIntire
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Eliot J.B.
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Moran
,
Emily V.
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Motta
,
Renzo
,
Myers
,
Jonathan A.
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Nagel
,
Thomas A.
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Naoe
,
Shoji
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Noguchi
,
Mahoko
,
Norghauer
,
Julian M.
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Oguro
,
Michio
,
Ourcival
,
Jean Marc
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Parmenter
,
Robert R.
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Pearse
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Ian S.
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Pérez-Ramos
,
Ignacio M.
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Piechnik
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Łukasz
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Podgórski
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Tomasz
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Poulsen
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John R.
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Redmond
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Miranda D.
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Reid
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Chantal D.
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Šamonil
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Pavel
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Scher
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C. Lane
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Schlesinger
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William H.
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Seget
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Barbara
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Sharma
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Shubhi
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Shibata
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Mitsue
,
Silman
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Miles R.
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Steele
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Michael A.
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Stephenson
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Nathan L.
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Straub
,
Jacob N.
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Sutton
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Samantha
,
Swenson
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Jennifer J.
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Swift
,
Margaret
,
Thomas
,
Peter A.
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Uríarte
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María
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Vacchiano
,
Giorgio
,
Whipple
,
Amy Vaughn
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Whitham
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Thomas G.
,
Wright
,
Stuart Joseph
,
Zhu
,
Kai
,
Zimmerman
,
Jess K.
,
Żywiec
,
Magdalena
,
Clark
,
James S.
Mostra abstract
The fundamental trade-off between current and future reproduction has long been considered to result in a tendency for species that can grow large to begin reproduction at a larger size. Due to the prolonged time required to reach maturity, estimates of tree maturation size remain very rare and we lack a global view on the generality and the shape of this trade-off. Using seed production from five continents, we estimate tree maturation sizes for 486 tree species spanning tropical to boreal climates. Results show that a species' maturation size increases with maximum size, but in a non-proportional way: the largest species begin reproduction at smaller sizes than would be expected if maturation were simply proportional to maximum size. Furthermore, the decrease in relative maturation size is steepest in cold climates. These findings on maturation size drivers are key to accurately represent forests' responses to disturbance and climate change. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.