Using traits to uncover tropical forest function

McDowell, Nate G.; Xu, Chonggang

doi:10.1111/nph.14576

Title: Using traits to uncover tropical forest function

Journal Article · Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · New Phytologist

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14576· OSTI ID:1406211

McDowell, Nate G. ^[1]; Xu, Chonggang ^[2]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Plant traits reflect their evolutionary history and influence physiological processes (Reich 2014). For example, the embolism risk taken by plants, called the embolism safety margin, is a good predictor of stomatal conductance, and hence photosynthesis (Skelton et al. 2015). Trait-science has grown dramatically in the last decade as we have found universal patterns governing the carbon and nutrient economies of plants (Bloom et al. 1985). Perhaps the greatest value of studying plant functional traits is that they yield understanding of plant functional processes.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC). Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1406211

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-22330; TRN: US1703257

Journal Information:: New Phytologist, Vol. 214, Issue 3; ISSN 0028-646X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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