Leaf Functional Traits and Their Influencing Factors in Six Typical Vegetation Communities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Comparative Analysis of LFTs among Plant Communities
2.2. Phylogenetic Composition of the Plant Community
2.3. The Phylogenetic Signals of the LFTs
2.4. Relationships between Functional Traits and Environmental Factors
3. Discussion
3.1. Differences in LFTs among Plant Communities
3.2. Relationships between Functional Traits and Phylogenetic Signals
3.3. Response of Functional Traits to Environmental Factors
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area
4.2. Field Investigation
4.3. Acquisition of Environmental Variable Data
4.4. Measurement of Leaf Functional Traits
4.5. Analysis of Differences in LFTs among Communities
4.6. Construction of the Phylogenetic Tree
4.7. Detection of Phylogenetic Signals
4.8. Analysis of the Relationships between LFTs and Environmental Factors
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Leaf Traits | K | p | Leaf Traits | K | p |
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LA | 0.071137 | 0.243 | LNC | 0.041542 | 0.072 |
SLA | 0.08277 | 0.607 | LCC | 0.072946 | 0.059 |
LT | 0.090912 | 0.01 * | LPC | 0.065856 | 0.006 * |
LDMC | 0.033216 | 0.463 | LKC | 0.054758 | 0.003 * |
Climate Variables | Description |
---|---|
Bio1 | Annual Mean Temperature |
Bio2 | Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp–min temp)) |
Bio3 | Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (×100) |
Bio4 | Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation × 100) |
Bio5 | Max Temperature of Warmest Month |
Bio6 | Min Temperature of Coldest Month |
Bio7 | Temperature Annual Range (BIO5–BIO6) |
Bio8 | Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter |
Bio9 | Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter |
Bio10 | Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter |
Bio11 | Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter |
Bio12 | Annual Precipitation |
Bio13 | Precipitation of Wettest Month |
Bio14 | Precipitation of Driest Month |
Bio15 | Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) |
Bio16 | Precipitation of Wettest Quarter |
Bio17 | Precipitation of Driest Quarter |
Bio18 | Precipitation of Warmest Quarter |
Bio19 | Precipitation of Coldest Quarter |
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Xing, Y.; Deng, S.; Bai, Y.; Wu, Z.; Luo, J. Leaf Functional Traits and Their Influencing Factors in Six Typical Vegetation Communities. Plants 2024, 13, 2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172423
Xing Y, Deng S, Bai Y, Wu Z, Luo J. Leaf Functional Traits and Their Influencing Factors in Six Typical Vegetation Communities. Plants. 2024; 13(17):2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172423
Chicago/Turabian StyleXing, Yuting, Shiqin Deng, Yuanyin Bai, Zhengjie Wu, and Jian Luo. 2024. "Leaf Functional Traits and Their Influencing Factors in Six Typical Vegetation Communities" Plants 13, no. 17: 2423. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172423