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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Haydn J.D.
dc.contributor.authorMyers-Smith, Isla H.
dc.contributor.authorBjorkman, Anne D.
dc.contributor.authorElmendorf, Sarah C.
dc.contributor.authorBlok, Daan
dc.contributor.authorCornelissen, Johannes H. C.
dc.contributor.authorForbes, Bruce C.
dc.contributor.authorHollister, Robert D.
dc.contributor.authorNormand, Signe
dc.contributor.authorPrevéy, Janet S.
dc.contributor.authorRixen, C
dc.contributor.authorSchaepman-Strub, G
dc.contributor.authorWilmking, M
dc.contributor.authorWipf, S
dc.contributor.authorCornwell, W
dc.contributor.authorKattge, J
dc.contributor.authorGoetz, SJ
dc.contributor.authorGuay, KC
dc.contributor.authorAlatalo, JM
dc.contributor.authorAnadon-Rosell, A
dc.contributor.authorAngers-Blondin, S
dc.contributor.authorBerner, LT
dc.contributor.authorBjörk, RG
dc.contributor.authorBuchwal, A
dc.contributor.authorBuras, A
dc.contributor.authorCarbognani, M
dc.contributor.authorChristie, K
dc.contributor.authorSiegwart Collier, L
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Elisabeth J.
dc.contributor.authorEskelinen, A
dc.contributor.authorFrei, ER
dc.contributor.authorGrau, O
dc.contributor.authorGrogan, P
dc.contributor.authorHallinger, M
dc.contributor.authorHeijman, MMPD
dc.contributor.authorHermanutz, L
dc.contributor.authorHudson, JMG
dc.contributor.authorHulber, K
dc.contributor.authorIturrate-Garcia, M
dc.contributor.authorIversen, CM
dc.contributor.authorJaroszynska, Francesca Orinda Holl
dc.contributor.authorJohnstone, JF
dc.contributor.authorKaarlejärvi, E
dc.contributor.authorKulonen, A
dc.contributor.authorLamarque, LJ
dc.contributor.authorLévesque, E
dc.contributor.authorLittle, CJ
dc.contributor.authorMichelsen, A
dc.contributor.authorMilbau, A
dc.contributor.authorNabe-Nielsen, J
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, SS
dc.contributor.authorNinot, JM
dc.contributor.authorOberbauer, SF
dc.contributor.authorOlofsson, J
dc.contributor.authorOnipchenko, VG
dc.contributor.authorPetraglia, A
dc.contributor.authorRumpf, SB
dc.contributor.authorSemenchuk, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorSoudzilovskaia, NA
dc.contributor.authorSpasojevic, MJ
dc.contributor.authorSpeed, James David Mervyn
dc.contributor.authorTape, KD
dc.contributor.authorTe Beest, M
dc.contributor.authorTomaselli, M
dc.contributor.authorTrant, A
dc.contributor.authorTreier, UA
dc.contributor.authorVenn, S
dc.contributor.authorVowles, T
dc.contributor.authorWeijers, S
dc.contributor.authorZamin, T
dc.contributor.authorAtkin, OK
dc.contributor.authorBahn, M
dc.contributor.authorBlonder, B
dc.contributor.authorCampetella, G
dc.contributor.authorCerabolini, BEL
dc.contributor.authorChapin III, FS
dc.contributor.authorDainese, M
dc.contributor.authorde Vries, FT
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, S
dc.contributor.authorGreen, W
dc.contributor.authorJackson, R
dc.contributor.authorManning, P
dc.contributor.authorNiinemets, Ü
dc.contributor.authorOzinga, WA
dc.contributor.authorPenuelas, J
dc.contributor.authorReich, PB
dc.contributor.authorSchamp, B
dc.contributor.authorSheremetev, S
dc.contributor.authorvan Bodegom, Peter Michiel
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T13:35:00Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T13:35:00Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-16
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Aim - </i>Plant functional groups are widely used in community ecology and earth system modelling to describe trait variation within and across plant communities. However, this approach rests on the assumption that functional groups explain a large proportion of trait variation among species. We test whether four commonly used plant functional groups represent variation in six ecologically important plant traits. <p><i>Location - </i>Tundra biome. <p><i>Time period - </i>Data collected between 1964 and 2016. <p><i>Major taxa studied - </i>295 tundra vascular plant species. <p><i>Methods - </i>We compiled a database of six plant traits (plant height, leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen, seed mass) for tundra species. We examined the variation in species-level trait expression explained by four traditional functional groups (evergreen shrubs, deciduous shrubs, graminoids, forbs), and whether variation explained was dependent upon the traits included in analysis. We further compared the explanatory power and species composition of functional groups to alternative classifications generated using post hoc clustering of species-level traits. <p><i>Results - </i>Traditional functional groups explained significant differences in trait expression, particularly amongst traits associated with resource economics, which were consistent across sites and at the biome scale. However, functional groups explained 19% of overall trait variation and poorly represented differences in traits associated with plant size. Post hoc classification of species did not correspond well with traditional functional groups, and explained twice as much variation in species-level trait expression. <p><i>Main conclusions - </i>Traditional functional groups only coarsely represent variation in well‐measured traits within tundra plant communities, and better explain resource economic traits than size‐related traits. We recommend caution when using functional group approaches to predict tundra vegetation change, or ecosystem functions relating to plant size, such as albedo or carbon storage. We argue that alternative classifications or direct use of specific plant traits could provide new insights for ecological prediction and modelling.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council Academy of Finland ArcticNet Arctic Research Centre Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Carlsberg Foundation Danish Council for Independent Research Synthesis Centre of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig JPI Climate Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Montagna di Torricchio Nature Reserve National Aeronautics and Space Administration US National Science Foundation Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales Polar Continental Shelf Program Royal Canadian Mounted Police Russian Science Foundation Swedish Research Council Swiss National Science Foundation University of Zurich U.S. Department of Energyen_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12783>https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12783</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThomas, H.J., Myers-Smith, I.H., Bjorkman, A.D., Elmendorf, S.C., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J.H.C., ... van Bodegom, P.M. (2019). Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size‐related traits across the tundra biome. <i>Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28</i>, 78–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12783en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1632093
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/geb.12783
dc.identifier.issn1466-822X
dc.identifier.issn1466-8238
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14894
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalGlobal Ecology and Biogeography
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/ERC‐SyG‐2013/610028/EU/Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life, Earth system and Society/IMBALANCE-P/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Plant geography: 496en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Plantegeografi: 496en_US
dc.subjectcluster analysisen_US
dc.subjectcommunity compositionen_US
dc.subjectecosystem functionen_US
dc.subjectplant functional groupsen_US
dc.subjectplant functional typesen_US
dc.subjectplant traitsen_US
dc.subjecttundra biomeen_US
dc.subjectvegetation changeen_US
dc.titleTraditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size‐related traits across the tundra biomeen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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