Response of leaf functional traits to soil nutrients in the wet and dry seasons in a subtropical forest on an island
Juanjuan Zhang, Minxia Liang, Sen Tong, Xueting Qiao, Buhang Li, Qiong Yang, Ting Chen, Ping Hu, Shixiao Yu · 2023
Read Response of leaf functional traits to soil nutrients in the wet and dry seasons in a subtropical forest on an island by Juanjuan Zhang, Minxia Liang, Sen Tong, Xueting Qiao, Buhang Li, Qiong Yang, Ting Chen, Ping Hu, Shixiao Yu (2023) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-10748499.txt.
Description
Juanjuan Zhang and co-authors compare, in 2023, leaf traits of island forest trees between wet and dry seasons. Islands hold many unique species with fragile traits, yet few such forests have been studied closely. On Neilingding Island in southern China, the team sampled seventy-nine tree species and related leaf features to soil nutrients.
Wet season soils held more water and nutrients. Leaves in the dry season were denser and richer in carbon, calcium, and stored matter, while wet season leaves were larger and thinner with more water and phosphorus. Trait pairs correlated strongly, though which correlations appeared shifted with the season. The work shows leaves retune themselves as water and nutrients swing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Juanjuan Zhang, Minxia Liang, Sen Tong, Xueting Qiao, Buhang Li, Qiong Yang, Ting Chen, Ping Hu, Shixiao Yu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |