Title:	Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation.
Authors:	JOSWIG, J. S. WIRTH, C. SCHUMAN, M. C. KATTGE, J. REU, B. WRIGHT, I. J. SIPPEL, S. D. RÜGER, N. RICHTER, R. SCHAEPMAN, M. E. VAN BODEGOM, P. M. CORNELISSEN, J. H. C. DÍAZ, S. HATTINGH, W. N. KRAMER, K. LENS, F. NIINEMETS, U. REICH, P. B. REICHSTEIN, M. RÖMERMANN, C. SCHRODT, F. ANAND, M. BAHN , M. BYUN, C. CAMPETELLA, G. CERABOLINI, B. E. L. CRAINE, J. M. GONZALEZ-MELO, A. GUTIÉRREZ, A. G. HE, T. HIGUCHI, P. JACTEL, H. KRAFT, N. J. B. MINDEN, V. ONIPCHENKO, V. PEÑUELAS, J. PILLAR , V. D. SOSINSKI JUNIOR, E. E. SOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A. WEIHER, E. MAHECHA, M. D.
Affiliation:	JULIA S. JOSWIG CHRISTIAN WIRTH MEREDITH C. SCHUMAN JENS KATTGE BJÖRN REU IAN J. WRIGHT SEBASTIAN D. SIPPEL NADJA RÜGER RONNY RICHTER MICHAEL E. SCHAEPMAN PETER M. VAN BODEGOM J. H. C. CORNELISSEN SANDRA DÍAZ WESLEY N. HATTINGH KOEN KRAMER FREDERIC LENS ÜLO NIINEMETS PETER B. REICH MARKUS REICHSTEIN CHRISTINE RÖMERMANN FRANZISKA SCHRODT MADHUR ANAND MICHAEL BAHN  CHAEHO BYUN GIANDIEGO CAMPETELLA BRUNO E. L. CERABOLINI JOSEPH M. CRAINE ANDRES GONZALEZ-MELO ALVARO G. GUTIÉRREZ TIANHUA HE PEDRO HIGUCHI HERVÉ JACTEL NATHAN J. B. KRAFT VANESSA MINDEN VLADIMIR ONIPCHENKO JOSEP PEÑUELAS VALÉRIO D. PILLAR  ENIO EGON SOSINSKI JUNIOR, Cenargen NADEJDA A. SOUDZILOVSKAIA EVAN WEIHER MIGUEL D. MAHECHA.
Date Issued:	2022
Citation:	Nature Ecology & Evolution, v. 6, p. 36-50, Jan. 2022.
Description:	Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land?climate feedbacks. Still, we lack a global understanding of how land and climate affect plant traits. A previous global analysis of six traits observed two main axes of variation: (1) size variation at the organ and plant level and (2) leaf economics balancing leaf persistence against plant growth potential. The orthogonality of these two axes suggests they are differently influenced by environmental drivers. We find that these axes persist in a global dataset of 17 traits across more than 20,000 species. We find a dominant joint effect of climate and soil on trait variation. Additional independent climate effects are also observed across most traits, whereas independent soil effects are almost exclusively observed for economics traits. Variation in size traits correlates well with a latitudinal gradient related to water or energy limitation. In contrast, variation in economics traits is better explained by interactions of climate with soil fertility. These findings have the potential to improve our understanding of biodiversity patterns and our predictions of climate change impacts on biogeochemical cycles.
Thesagro:	Planta Meio Ambiente Clima Solo Vegetação Biodiversidade Mudança Climática
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8
Notes:	Published online 23 December 2021.
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPACT)