Saatkamp, Arne and Cochrane, Anne and Commander, Lucy and Guja, Lydia K. and Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja and Larson, Julie and Nicotra, Adrienne and Poschlod, Peter and Silveira, Fernando A. O. and Cross, Adam T. and Dalziell, Emma L. and Dickie, John and Erickson, Todd E. and Fidelis, Alessandra and Fuchs, Anne and Golos, Peter J. and Hope, Michael and Lewandrowski, Wolfgang and Merritt, David J. and Miller, Ben P. and Miller, Russell G. and Offord, Catherine A. and Ooi, Mark K. J. and Satyanti, Annisa and Sommerville, Karen D. and Tangney, Ryan and Tomlinson, Sean and Turner, Shane and Walck, Jeffrey L. (2019) A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 221 (4). pp. 1764-1775. ISSN 0028-646X, 1469-8137
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Trait-based approaches have improved our understanding of plant evolution, community assembly and ecosystem functioning. A major challenge for the upcoming decades is to understand the functions and evolution of early life-history traits, across levels of organization and ecological strategies. Although a variety of seed traits are critical for dispersal, persistence, germination timing and seedling establishment, only seed mass has been considered systematically. Here we suggest broadening the range of morphological, physiological and biochemical seed traits to add new understanding on plant niches, population dynamics and community assembly. The diversity of seed traits and functions provides an important challenge that will require international collaboration in three areas of research. First, we present a conceptual framework for a seed ecological spectrum that builds upon current understanding of plant niches. We then lay the foundation for a seed-trait functional network, the establishment of which will underpin and facilitate trait-based inferences. Finally, we anticipate novel insights and challenges associated with incorporating diverse seed traits into predictive evolutionary ecology, community ecology and applied ecology. If the community invests in standardized seed-trait collection and the implementation of rigorous databases, major strides can be made at this exciting frontier of functional ecology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | GERMINATION TRAITS; ANNUAL PLANTS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS; SPECIES-RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; DISPERSAL; DORMANCY; EVOLUTION; SIZE; dispersal; functional trait; germination; persistence; seed; seedling establishment; soil seed bank |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Botanik |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2020 11:35 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2020 11:35 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27504 |
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