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Exploring how functional traits modulate species distributions along topographic gradients in Baxian Mountain, North China
| العنوان: | Exploring how functional traits modulate species distributions along topographic gradients in Baxian Mountain, North China |
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| المؤلفون: | Lili Tang, William K. Morris, Mei Zhang, Fuchen Shi, Peter A. Vesk |
| المصدر: | Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | Nature Portfolio, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | Abstract The associations between functional traits and species distributions across environments have attracted increasing interest from ecologists and can enhance knowledge about how plants respond to the environments. Here, we applied a hierarchical generalized linear model to quantifying the role of functional traits in plant occurrence across topographic gradients. Functional trait data, including specific leaf area, maximum height, seed mass and stem wood density, together with elevation, aspect and slope, were used in the model. In our results, species responses to elevation and aspect were modulated by maximum height and seed mass. Generally, shorter tree species showed positive responses to incremental elevation, while this trend became negative as the maximum height exceeded 22 m. Most trees with heavy seeds (> 1 mg) preferred more southerly aspects where the soil was drier, and those light-seed trees were opposite. In this study, the roles of maximum height and seed mass in determining species distribution along elevation and aspect gradients were highlighted where plants are confronted with low-temperature and soil moisture deficit conditions. This work contributes to the understanding of how traits may be associated with species occurrence along mesoscale environmental gradients. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2045-2322 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-04210-x |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/415856c0aff644148a989d45e8c8dcab |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.415856c0aff644148a989d45e8c8dcab |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20452322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-04210-x |