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Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

Julia S Joswig (1, 2) , Christian Wirth (3, 2, 4) , Meredith C Schuman (1) , Jens Kattge (5, 4) , Björn Reu (6) , Ian J Wright (7) , Sebastian D Sippel (8, 9) , Nadja Rüger (4, 10) , Ronny Richter (3, 4) , Michael E Schaepman (1) , Peter M van Bodegom (11) , J H C Cornelissen (12) , Sandra Díaz (13) , Wesley N Hattingh , Koen Kramer (14) , Frederic Lens (15, 11) , Ülo Niinemets (16) , Peter B Reich (17, 18) , Markus Reichstein (19, 2) , Christine Römermann (20) , Franziska Schrodt (21) , Madhur Anand (22) , Michael Bahn (23) , Chaeho Byun (24) , Giandiego Campetella (25) , Bruno E L Cerabolini (26) , Joseph M Craine (27) , Andres Gonzalez-Melo (28) , Alvaro G Gutiérrez (29) , Tianhua He (30) , Pedro Higuchi (31) , Hervé Jactel (32) , Nathan J B Kraft (33) , Vanessa Minden (34) , Vladimir Onipchenko (35) , Josep Peñuelas (36) , Valério D Pillar (37) , Ênio Sosinski (38) , Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia (39, 11) , Evan Weiher (40) , Miguel D Mahecha (41, 4)
1 UZH - Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich
2 MPI-BGC - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
3 Leipzig University
4 iDiv - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
5 Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods
6 UIS - Universidad Industrial de Santander [Bucaramanga]
7 Macquarie University [Sydney]
8 IAC - Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science [Zürich]
9 NIBIO - Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi=Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
10 Universität Leipzig
11 Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University
12 VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
13 CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires]
14 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
15 Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden]
16 EMU - Estonian University of Life Sciences
17 University of Minnesota System
18 Western Sydney University
19 Department of Biogeochemical Integration [Jena]
20 Institute of Physical Geography [Frankfurt am Main]
21 UON - University of Nottingham, UK
22 School of Environmental Sciences
23 Department of Ecology [Innsbruck]
24 Andong National University
25 UNICAM - Università degli Studi di Camerino = University of Camerino
26 Uninsubria - Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese]
27 Jonah Ventures
28 Universidad del Rosario [Bogota]
29 UCHILE - Universidad de Chile = University of Chile [Santiago]
30 Murdoch University
31 Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
32 BioGeCo - Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés
33 UCLA - University of California [Los Angeles]
34 University of Oldenburg
35 MSU - Lomonosov Moscow State University
36 CREAF - Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries
37 UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre]
38 Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia [Brasília]
39 UHasselt - Hasselt University
40 University of Wisconsin-Madison
41 UFZ - Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Julia S Joswig
Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Christian Wirth
Leipzig University
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Meredith C Schuman
Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich
Jens Kattge
Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Björn Reu
  • Function : Author
Universidad Industrial de Santander [Bucaramanga]
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University [Sydney]
Sebastian D Sippel
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science [Zürich]
Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi=Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Nadja Rüger
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Universität Leipzig
Ronny Richter
Leipzig University
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Michael E Schaepman
Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich
Peter M van Bodegom
Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University
J H C Cornelissen
  • Function : Author
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sandra Díaz
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires]
Wesley N Hattingh
Koen Kramer
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Frederic Lens
Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden]
Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University
Ülo Niinemets
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Peter B Reich
University of Minnesota System
Western Sydney University
Markus Reichstein
Department of Biogeochemical Integration [Jena]
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Christine Römermann
Institute of Physical Geography [Frankfurt am Main]
Franziska Schrodt
University of Nottingham, UK
Madhur Anand
  • Function : Author
School of Environmental Sciences
Michael Bahn
Department of Ecology [Innsbruck]
Chaeho Byun
Andong National University
Giandiego Campetella
Università degli Studi di Camerino = University of Camerino
Bruno E L Cerabolini
Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese]
Joseph M Craine
Jonah Ventures
Andres Gonzalez-Melo
  • Function : Author
Universidad del Rosario [Bogota]
Alvaro G Gutiérrez
Universidad de Chile = University of Chile [Santiago]
Tianhua He
  • Function : Author
Murdoch University
Pedro Higuchi
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Hervé Jactel
Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés
CV
Nathan J B Kraft
  • Function : Author
University of California [Los Angeles]
Vanessa Minden
  • Function : Author
University of Oldenburg
Vladimir Onipchenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Josep Peñuelas
CREAF - Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries
Valério D Pillar
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre]
Ênio Sosinski
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia [Brasília]
Nadejda A Soudzilovskaia
  • Function : Author
Hasselt University
Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University
Evan Weiher
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Miguel D Mahecha
  • Function : Author
Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

Abstract

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.

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Julia S Joswig, Christian Wirth, Meredith C Schuman, Jens Kattge, Björn Reu, et al.. Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022, 6 (1), pp.36-50. ⟨10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8⟩. ⟨hal-04123895⟩

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