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Metaanalysis of liana and tree functional traits
Abstract
The objectives of this project were (i) to determine how tropical trees and lianas differed in terms of their functional traits, and (ii) to parameterize a computational model of tree-liana competition. We carried out a meta-analysis of tree and liana functional traits in order to achieve these goals. First, we downloaded functional trait data from the TRY database during November and December 2019. Traits of interest included leaf, wood, and root functional traits. We included only angiosperm tree and liana species that are found in tropical biomes. We then computed the species average for each trait. The results are included in “TRY_traits_metaanalysis.csv”. We also conducted a second meta-analysis focused on the hydraulic traits of tropical trees and lianas. We used Google Scholar and Web of Science to identify papers that contained hydraulic trait values. The papers that we found were all published between 1997-2019. As with our TRY-based meta-analysis, we included only angiosperm tree and liana species that are found in the tropics, and we computed species averages. The results are contained in the file “hydraulic_traits_metaanalysis.csv”. Both files are in csv format, so they can be read with any plain text editor, as well as programs like R or Excel.
- Publication Date:
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0020344
- Research Org.:
- Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Unraveling the Mechanisms of Below- And Aboveground Liana-Tree Competition in Tropical Forests
- Sponsoring Org.:
- U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS > TROPICAL RAINFOREST; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > LEAF CHARACTERISTICS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > NITROGEN; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PHOSPHORUS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT CHARACTERISTICS; ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format; P50; liana functional traits; sapwood hydraulic conductivity; slope of the PLC curve; tree functional traits
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2350836
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.15485/2350836
Citation Formats
Willson, Alyssa, and Medvigy, David. Metaanalysis of liana and tree functional traits. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.15485/2350836.
Willson, Alyssa, & Medvigy, David. Metaanalysis of liana and tree functional traits. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/2350836
Willson, Alyssa, and Medvigy, David. 2023.
"Metaanalysis of liana and tree functional traits". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/2350836. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2350836. Pub date:Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2023
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title = {Metaanalysis of liana and tree functional traits},
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abstractNote = {The objectives of this project were (i) to determine how tropical trees and lianas differed in terms of their functional traits, and (ii) to parameterize a computational model of tree-liana competition. We carried out a meta-analysis of tree and liana functional traits in order to achieve these goals. First, we downloaded functional trait data from the TRY database during November and December 2019. Traits of interest included leaf, wood, and root functional traits. We included only angiosperm tree and liana species that are found in tropical biomes. We then computed the species average for each trait. The results are included in “TRY_traits_metaanalysis.csv”. We also conducted a second meta-analysis focused on the hydraulic traits of tropical trees and lianas. We used Google Scholar and Web of Science to identify papers that contained hydraulic trait values. The papers that we found were all published between 1997-2019. As with our TRY-based meta-analysis, we included only angiosperm tree and liana species that are found in the tropics, and we computed species averages. The results are contained in the file “hydraulic_traits_metaanalysis.csv”. Both files are in csv format, so they can be read with any plain text editor, as well as programs like R or Excel.},
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