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Lan Zhang¹, Xiaojuan Liu², Zhenhua Sun³

¹State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.

Science China. Life Sciences

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Summary

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Warming broadens plant functional trait space in mountains, but species trait redundancy varies by location. This suggests temperature changes impact ecosystems differently, highlighting the need to identify climate-vulnerable areas.

Keywords:

altitude hypervolume leaf trait natural forest plant community redundancy

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Climate Change Biology
Plant Ecology

Background:

Plant communities in mountains change with altitude due to climate shifts.
Understanding how functional trait structure adapts to varying climates in forest stands is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the multivariate functional trait structure and redundancy of tree communities along altitudinal gradients.
To understand how temperature change affects natural forest stands.

Main Methods:

Collected leaf area, specific leaf area, and leaf carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content from 1,590 trees.
Constructed functional trait space for 12 plant communities across altitudes (800 m to 3,800 m) on three mountains.
Quantified species trait redundancy using hypervolume overlap calculations.

Main Results:

Functional trait space significantly increased with mean annual temperature towards lower altitudes across all mountains.
Species trait redundancy showed varying patterns across the three mountains.
Warming was found to widen functional trait space and alter species trait redundancy in plant communities.

Conclusions:

Warming influences plant communities by expanding functional trait space and modifying species redundancy.
The inconsistent patterns of redundancy indicate that warming affects different mountain ecosystems uniquely.
Identifying climate-vulnerable ecosystems is essential for effective global warming adaptation strategies.