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Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities.

  • Bruelheide H Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de.
  • Dengler J German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Purschke O Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Lenoir J UR 'Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés' (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS-UPJV), CNRS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne , Amiens, France.
  • Jiménez-Alfaro B Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Hennekens SM Team Vegetation, Forest and Landscape Ecology, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra) , Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Botta-Dukát Z GINOP Sustainable Ecosystems Group, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary.
  • Chytrý M Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Field R School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK.
  • Jansen F Faculty for Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Rostock , Rostock, Germany.
  • Kattge J German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Pillar VD Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Schrodt F School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK.
  • Mahecha MD German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Peet RK Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
  • Sandel B Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  • van Bodegom P Department of Conservation Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Altman J Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.
  • Alvarez-Dávila E Escuela de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Ambientales - ECAPMA, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD, Sede José Celestino Mutis, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Arfin Khan MAS Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology , Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • Attorre F Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome , Rome, Italy.
  • Aubin I Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada.
  • Baraloto C Department of Biological Sciences, International Center for Tropical Botany, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Barroso JG Campus de Cruzeiro do Su, Universidade Federal do Acre, Acre, Brazil.
  • Bauters M Department of Green Chemistry and Technology (ISOFYS) and Department of Environment (CAVELab), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
  • Bergmeier E Vegetation Analysis & Plant Diversity, Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Biurrun I University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
  • Bjorkman AD Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE) & Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Blonder B Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Čarni A Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Cayuela L Department of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
  • Černý T Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Science, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Cornelissen JHC Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Craven D German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Dainese M Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
  • Derroire G Cirad, UMR EcoFoG, Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana.
  • De Sanctis M Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome , Rome, Italy.
  • Díaz S Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, CONICET and FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
  • Doležal J Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.
  • Farfan-Rios W Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
  • Feldpausch TR Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
  • Fenton NJ Institut de recherche sur les forêts, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.
  • Garnier E Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (UMR5175), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, Montpellier, France.
  • Guerin GR Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Gutiérrez AG Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Haider S Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Hattab T UMR 248 MARBEC (CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, UM), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER, Sète, France.
  • Henry G The Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Hérault B Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Higuchi P Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, Brazil.
  • Hölzel N Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
  • Homeier J Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Jentsch A Department of Disturbance Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth , Bayreuth, Germany.
  • Jürgens N Biodiversity, Biocenter Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Kącki Z Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland.
  • Karger DN Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Kessler M Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Kleyer M Landscape Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
  • Knollová I Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Korolyuk AY Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.
  • Kühn I Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Laughlin DC School of Science, Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
  • Lens F Naturalis Biodiversity Cente, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Loos J Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Louault F UCA, INRA, VetAgro Sup, UREP, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • Lyubenova MI Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Malhi Y Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Marcenò C University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
  • Mencuccini M ICREA, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Müller JV Millennium Seed Bank, Conservation Science, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Ardingly, UK.
  • Munzinger J AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
  • Myers-Smith IH School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Neill DA Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador.
  • Niinemets Ü Department of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian University of Life Science, Tartu, Estonia.
  • Orwin KH Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand.
  • Ozinga WA Team Vegetation, Forest and Landscape Ecology, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra) , Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Penuelas J CREAF, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Pérez-Haase A Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Petřík P Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.
  • Phillips OL School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
  • Pärtel M University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
  • Reich PB Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
  • Römermann C German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Rodrigues AV Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil.
  • Sabatini FM Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Sardans J CREAF, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Schmidt M Data and Modelling Centre, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • Seidler G Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Silva Espejo JE Department of Biology University of La Serena, La Serena, Chile.
  • Silveira M Laboratório de Botânica e Ecologia Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Museu Universitário, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil.
  • Smyth A Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Sporbert M Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Svenning JC Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE) & Section for Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Tang Z College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
  • Thomas R Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, Georgetown, Guyana.
  • Tsiripidis I Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Vassilev K Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Violle C Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (UMR5175), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, Montpellier, France.
  • Virtanen R German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Weiher E Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA.
  • Welk E Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
  • Wesche K German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Winter M German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Wirth C German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Jandt U Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
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  • 2018-11-21
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  • Nature ecology & evolution. - 2018
Forests
Grassland
Life History Traits
Plant Dispersal
Plants
English Plant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. At the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing different ecological strategies, but at the community level trait combinations are expected to be decoupled from these trade-offs because different strategies can facilitate co-existence within communities. A key question is to what extent community-level trait composition is globally filtered and how well it is related to global versus local environmental drivers. Here, we perform a global, plot-level analysis of trait-environment relationships, using a database with more than 1.1 million vegetation plots and 26,632 plant species with trait information. Although we found a strong filtering of 17 functional traits, similar climate and soil conditions support communities differing greatly in mean trait values. The two main community trait axes that capture half of the global trait variation (plant stature and resource acquisitiveness) reflect the trade-offs at the species level but are weakly associated with climate and soil conditions at the global scale. Similarly, within-plot trait variation does not vary systematically with macro-environment. Our results indicate that, at fine spatial grain, macro-environmental drivers are much less important for functional trait composition than has been assumed from floristic analyses restricted to co-occurrence in large grid cells. Instead, trait combinations seem to be predominantly filtered by local-scale factors such as disturbance, fine-scale soil conditions, niche partitioning and biotic interactions.
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