Nature Ecology and Evolution

, volume 6 , issue 1 , pages 36-50

Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

Julia S Joswig ^{1, 2}

Christian Wirth ^{1, 3, 4}

Meredith C Schuman ^{2, 5}

Jens Kattge ^{1, 3}

Björn Reu ⁶

Ian J Wright ⁷

Sebastian Sippel ^{8, 9}

Nadja Rüger ^{3, 10, 11}

Ronny Richter ^{3, 4, 12}

Michael Schaepman ²

Peter M. van Bodegom ¹³

J. H.C. Cornelissen ¹⁴

Sandra Díaz ¹⁵

Wesley Neil Hattingh ¹⁶

K J Kramer ^{17, 18}

Frederic Lens ^{19, 20}

Ülo Niinemets ²¹

Peter Reich ^{22, 23, 24}

Markus Reichstein ^{1, 3}

Christine Römermann ^{3, 25}

Franziska Schrodt ²⁶

Madhur Anand ²⁷

Michael Bahn ²⁸

Chaeho Byun ²⁹

Giandiego Campetella ³⁰

Bruno Cerabolini ³¹

Joseph M. Craine ³²

Andres Gonzalez Melo ³³

Alvaro Gutiérrez ³⁴

Tianhua He ^{35, 36}

Pedro Higuchi ³⁷

Hervé Jactel ³⁸

Nathan J. B. Kraft ³⁹

Vanessa Minden ^{40, 41}

Vladimir Onipchenko ⁴²

Josep Peñuelas ^{43, 44}

Valério D. Pillar ⁴⁵

Ênio Sosinski ⁴⁶

Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia ^{47, 48}

Evan Weiher ⁴⁹

Miguel D Mahecha ^{3, 50, 51}

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Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany |

Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |

German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany |

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Institute of Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |

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Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |

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Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia |

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Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |

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Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |

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Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Oslo, Norway |

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Department of Economics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panama |

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Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Institute for Geography, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |

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Environmental Biology Department, Institute of Environmental Sciences, CML, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands |

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Systems Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |

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Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), CONICET and FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina |

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Global Systems and Analytics, Nova Pioneer, Johannesburg, South Africa |

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Chairgroup Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands |

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Land Life Company, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |

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Research Group Functional Traits, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands |

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Plant Sciences, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands |

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Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia |

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Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, USA |

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Hawkesbury Institute for the environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia |

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Institute for Global Change Biology and School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |

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Department of Plant Biodiversity, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany |

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School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK |

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School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada |

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Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria |

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Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Andong National University, Andong, Korea |

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Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management Unit, School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy |

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Department of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy |

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Jonah Ventures LLC, Boulder, USA |

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Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia |

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Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile |

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School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia |

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College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia |

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Department of Forestry, Universidade do Estado de Santa, Catarina, Lages, Brazil |

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INRAE University Bordeaux, BIOGECO, Cestas, France |

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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |

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Department of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium |

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Landscape Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany |

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Department of Ecology and Plant Geography, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Moscow, Russia |

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CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, Spain

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

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CREAF, Cerdanyola Del Vallés, Spain |

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Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil |

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Embrapa Recursos Genéticos E Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil |

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Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium |

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Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands |

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Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, USA |

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Remote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |

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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-12-23

Springer Nature

Nature Ecology and Evolution

scimago Q1

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SJR: 4.357

CiteScore: 19.3

Impact factor: 14.5

ISSN: 2397334X

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8

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PubMed ID: 34949824

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Ecology

Abstract

Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still, we lack a global understanding of how land and climate affect plant traits. A previous global analysis of six traits observed two main axes of variation: (1) size variation at the organ and plant level and (2) leaf economics balancing leaf persistence against plant growth potential. The orthogonality of these two axes suggests they are differently influenced by environmental drivers. We find that these axes persist in a global dataset of 17 traits across more than 20,000 species. We find a dominant joint effect of climate and soil on trait variation. Additional independent climate effects are also observed across most traits, whereas independent soil effects are almost exclusively observed for economics traits. Variation in size traits correlates well with a latitudinal gradient related to water or energy limitation. In contrast, variation in economics traits is better explained by interactions of climate with soil fertility. These findings have the potential to improve our understanding of biodiversity patterns and our predictions of climate change impacts on biogeochemical cycles.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8

TI - Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

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AU - Joswig, Julia S

AU - Wirth, Christian

AU - Schuman, Meredith C

AU - Kattge, Jens

AU - Reu, Björn

AU - Wright, Ian J

AU - Sippel, Sebastian

AU - Rüger, Nadja

AU - Richter, Ronny

AU - Schaepman, Michael

AU - van Bodegom, Peter M.

AU - Cornelissen, J. H.C.

AU - Díaz, Sandra

AU - Hattingh, Wesley Neil

AU - Kramer, K J

AU - Lens, Frederic

AU - Niinemets, Ülo

AU - Reich, Peter

AU - Reichstein, Markus

AU - Römermann, Christine

AU - Schrodt, Franziska

AU - Anand, Madhur

AU - Bahn, Michael

AU - Byun, Chaeho

AU - Campetella, Giandiego

AU - Cerabolini, Bruno

AU - Craine, Joseph M.

AU - Gonzalez Melo, Andres

AU - Gutiérrez, Alvaro

AU - He, Tianhua

AU - Higuchi, Pedro

AU - Jactel, Hervé

AU - Kraft, Nathan J. B.

AU - Minden, Vanessa

AU - Onipchenko, Vladimir

AU - Peñuelas, Josep

AU - Pillar, Valério D.

AU - Sosinski, Ênio

AU - Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.

AU - Weiher, Evan

AU - Mahecha, Miguel D

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/12/23

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 36-50

IS - 1

VL - 6

PMID - 34949824

SN - 2397-334X

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author = {Julia S Joswig and Christian Wirth and Meredith C Schuman and Jens Kattge and Björn Reu and Ian J Wright and Sebastian Sippel and Nadja Rüger and Ronny Richter and Michael Schaepman and Peter M. van Bodegom and J. H.C. Cornelissen and Sandra Díaz and Wesley Neil Hattingh and K J Kramer and Frederic Lens and Ülo Niinemets and Peter Reich and Markus Reichstein and Christine Römermann and Franziska Schrodt and Madhur Anand and Michael Bahn and Chaeho Byun and Giandiego Campetella and Bruno Cerabolini and Joseph M. Craine and Andres Gonzalez Melo and Alvaro Gutiérrez and Tianhua He and Pedro Higuchi and Hervé Jactel and Nathan J. B. Kraft and Vanessa Minden and Vladimir Onipchenko and Josep Peñuelas and Valério D. Pillar and Ênio Sosinski and Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia and Evan Weiher and Miguel D Mahecha and others},

title = {Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation},

journal = {Nature Ecology and Evolution},

year = {2021},

volume = {6},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {dec},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8},

number = {1},

pages = {36--50},

doi = {10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8}

}

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Joswig, Julia S., et al. “Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation.” Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 1, Dec. 2021, pp. 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8.

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