KAMBACH, Stephan, Francesco Maria SABATINI, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Gerhard BOENISCH, Gianmaria BONARI, Andraž ČARNI, Maria Laura CARRANZA, Alessandro CHIARUCCI, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jürgen DENGLER, Emmanuel GARBOLINO, Valentin GOLUB, Behlül GÜLER, Ute JANDT, Jan JANSEN, Anni JAŠKOVÁ, Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Dirk Nikolaus KARGER, Jens KATTGE, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Gabriele MIDOLO, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Remigiusz PIELECH, Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Solvita RŪSIŅA, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Zvjezdana STANČIĆ, Angela STANISCI, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Sergey YAMALOV, Niklaus E. ZIMMERMANN and Helge BRUELHEIDE. Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe. Nature Communications. Nature Research, 2023, vol. 14, No 1, p. 1-11. ISSN 2041-1723. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6.
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Original name Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe
Authors KAMBACH, Stephan (guarantor), Francesco Maria SABATINI, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Gerhard BOENISCH, Gianmaria BONARI, Andraž ČARNI, Maria Laura CARRANZA, Alessandro CHIARUCCI, Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jürgen DENGLER, Emmanuel GARBOLINO, Valentin GOLUB, Behlül GÜLER, Ute JANDT, Jan JANSEN, Anni JAŠKOVÁ (246 Finland, belonging to the institution), Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Dirk Nikolaus KARGER, Jens KATTGE, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Gabriele MIDOLO (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Remigiusz PIELECH, Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Solvita RŪSIŅA, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Zvjezdana STANČIĆ, Angela STANISCI, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Sergey YAMALOV, Niklaus E. ZIMMERMANN and Helge BRUELHEIDE.
Edition Nature Communications, Nature Research, 2023, 2041-1723.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 16.600 in 2022
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/23:00134453
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6
UT WoS 001020706800001
Keywords in English climate conditions; climate effect; functional morphology; habitat; leaf area; plant community; root; seed
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 5/9/2023 13:37.
Abstract
Ecological theory predicts close relationships between macroclimate and functional traits. Yet, global climatic gradients correlate only weakly with the trait composition of local plant communities, suggesting that important factors have been ignored. Here, we investigate the consistency of climate-trait relationships for plant communities in European habitats. Assuming that local factors are better accounted for in more narrowly defined habitats, we assigned > 300,000 vegetation plots to hierarchically classified habitats and modelled the effects of climate on the community-weighted means of four key functional traits using generalized additive models. We found that the predictive power of climate increased from broadly to narrowly defined habitats for specific leaf area and root length, but not for plant height and seed mass. Although macroclimate generally predicted the distribution of all traits, its effects varied, with habitat-specificity increasing toward more narrowly defined habitats. We conclude that macroclimate is an important determinant of terrestrial plant communities, but future predictions of climatic effects must consider how habitats are defined.
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SS70010002, research and development projectName: Zpětné vazby mezi biodiverzitou a klimatem (Acronym: FeedBaCks)
Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, BiodivClim
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