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Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within plant functional types? A Bayesian multivariate trait meta-analysis.

Alexey N Shiklomanov¹, Elizabeth M Cowdery², Michael Bahn³

¹Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, Maryland, 20740, USA.

Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America

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Summary

Global leaf economic spectrum patterns hold within plant functional types (PFTs), but vary in consistency across traits. Hierarchical modeling reveals trait covariation is key for accurate plant trait estimation.

Keywords:

ecological modeling functional trade-off hierarchical modeling leaf biochemistry leaf morphology trait variation

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Area of Science:

Plant Ecology
Trait-based Ecology
Global Change Biology

Background:

The leaf economic spectrum describes global trade-offs between leaf longevity and productivity.
Previous research focused on global and local scales, with less attention on intermediate plant functional types (PFTs).
Understanding trait relationships within PFTs is crucial for Earth System models.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if global leaf economic relationships exist within PFTs.
To assess the utility of a global-PFT hierarchy for constraining plant trait estimates.
To explore the scale dependence of trait relationships using hierarchical modeling.

Main Methods:

Developed a hierarchical multivariate Bayesian model with separate structures within and across PFTs.
Fitted the model to seven leaf traits (longevity, morphology, biochemistry, metabolism) from the TRY database.
Analyzed trait covariation patterns to assess consistency across different scales and trait types.

Main Results:

Trait covariation generally aligned with the leaf economic spectrum, but with three tiers of consistency.
Morphological and biochemical traits (SLA, N, P) showed the most robust relationships within and across PFTs.
Metabolic trait relationships were less consistent, and leaf lifespan relationships were least consistent, dominated by across-PFT differences.

Conclusions:

Leaf economic relationships are scale-dependent, with PFTs providing an important intermediate scale.
Hierarchical modeling and multivariate trait analysis improve trait imputation accuracy and reduce predictive uncertainty.
The study highlights the importance of considering multivariate trait spaces and scale-dependent relationships for ecological modeling.