Status:
accepted
Title:
Trade-offs between physical and chemical carbon-based leaf defence: Of Intraspecific variation and trait evolution
Created at:
2014-09-26
Updated at:
2018-01-07
Envisaged journal:
Journal of Ecology; JEcol-2015-0239; submitted: 31.3.2015
Envisaged date:
2015-04-26
Rationale:
1. Despite recent advances in studies on trade-offs between plant defence traits, little is known whether trade-offs reflect i) evolutionary constraints at the species level or ii) allocation constraints at the individual level. Here, we asked to which degree physical and chemical carbon-based leaf defence traits covary within and across species.
2. We assessed leaf toughness, leaf total phenolics and tannin concentrations for 51 subtropical tree species. Species trait means, sample-specific values and phylogenetically independent contrasts were used in regression analyses. Phylogenetic signals and trait evolution were assessed along the phylogeny.
3. The cross-species analyses revealed significant negative trait covariations between physical and chemical defence traits in cross-species analyses. These covariations were inconsistent at the within-species level. All three defence aspects showed strong phylogenetic signals, but differed in the degree of conservatism along the phylogeny. Inclusion of intraspecific trait variability significantly decreased the strength of these covariations. Strong negative trait covariations were detected between physical and chemical defence when phylogeneticnon-independencewas accounted for.
4. Synthesis: We addressed two sources of variation (allocation and evolution) independently from each other in the context of trait interrelationships. The observed negative covariations hint at the existence of a trade-off between physical and chemical defence traits. The finding that intraspecific trait variation contributed less to this relationship suggests that the trade-off is dominated by evolutionary constraints rather than by carbon allocation constraints.
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Main Experiment: Leaf toughness of individual trees in the Main Experiment (Site A and B)
Abstract:
Leaf toughness assessed on individual trees of species growing on the Experimental Sites of BEF China. For each tree seven leaves were sampled in most cases. Every single value for every leaf is given. Exceptions were made in species with very sma...
Id:
324
People:
3
Projects:
1
Version:
2
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-03-12
Updated at:
2016-07-12
CSPs: Leaf toughness of individual trees in the CSPs
Abstract:
Leaf toughness assessed on individual trees of species growing in the CSPs in Gutianshan Nature Reserve. For each tree seven leaves were sampled in most cases. Every single value for every leaf is given. Exceptions were made in species with very s...
Id:
322
People:
2
Projects:
1
Version:
3
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-02-28
Updated at:
2016-03-03
CSPs: Leaf traits and chemicals from individual trees in the CSPs
Abstract:
Leaf traits and chemicals from tree species in the Gutianshan Nature Reserve, including secondary compound (total phenolic and tannin concentrations) and information on stomata.
Id:
212
People:
4
Projects:
1
Version:
2
Attachments:
2
Created at:
2012-03-22
Updated at:
2016-07-07
Main Experiment: Leaf traits and chemicals from individual trees in the Main Experiment (Site A & B)
Abstract:
Leaf traits and chemicals from tree species in the Main Experimental sites, including secondary compound (total phenolic and tannin concentrations) and information on stomata.
Id:
323
People:
4
Projects:
1
Version:
2
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-03-12
Updated at:
2016-04-20
CSPs: Phylogenetic tree of woody species in the Gutianshan National Reserve
Abstract:
The data file contains the corrected species names for the tip labels of the phylogenetic tree. The attached text file is the phylogenetic tree. Methods concerning the phylogenetic tree see below sampling description.
Id:
240
People:
2
Projects:
1
Version:
1
Attachments:
3
Created at:
2012-12-20
Updated at:
2016-03-03
Main Experiment: Phylogenetic distance matrix of the main experiment
Abstract:
Phylogenetic distance matrix of the main experiment
Id:
227
People:
3
Projects:
1
Version:
0
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0
Created at:
2012-09-17
Updated at:
2016-03-03
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