Integrating Arctic Plant Functional Types in a Land Surface Model Using Above‐ and Belowground Field Observations

Nitrogen enrichment differentially affects above- and belowground plant defense.

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Human nitrogen (N) inputs to terrestrial ecosystems have greatly increased in recent years and may have important consequences for plant growth, reproduction, and defense. Although numerous studies have investigated the effects of nitrogen addition on plants, few have examined both above- and belowground responses within a range of predicted increase and apart...

Incorporation of plant traits in a land surface model helps explain the global biogeographical distribution of major forest functional types

CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere Flagship, Private Bag 1, Vic. 3195, Australia, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Ok...

comparing plant functional types in an old-field and a natural rangeland vegetation

this research was conducted to compare plant functional types (pft) and traits in an old-field (abandoned for 28 years) and a control site, in the baharkish rangelands, quchan, iran. in the both sites, 40 randomized quadrates were established. floristic list, frequency, canopy cover and 20 vegetative, phenological and morphological plant traits were measured for all plant species, within each q...

Fuels and fires influence vegetation via above- and belowground pathways in a high-diversity plant community

بررسی تاثیر چرای دام بر گروه های عملکردی گیاهان در منطقه بهارکیش قوچان (plant functional types)

چرای دامهای اهلی و خشکسالی در ایران، به عنوان مهمترین عوامل در تغییر و شکلگیری پوشش گیاهی مطرح هستند. عوامل زیستی و غیر زیستی باعث تغییرات قابل پیشبینی در صفات گیاهی در پیش- (plant functional types (pfts)) امتداد گرادیان محیطی میشوند. گروههای عملکردی گیاهی بینی تغییرات در فرایندهای اکوسیستم را مستقیماً از طریق تغییرات منعکس شده در ترکیب گونههای گیاهی در پاسخ به تغییرات محیطی امکانپذیر میکند....