Berzaghi, Fabio and Wright, Ian J. and Kramer, Koen and Oddou-Muratorio, Sylvie and Bohn, Friedrich J. and Reyer, Christopher P. O. and Sabate, Santiago and Sanders, Tanja G. M. and Hartig, Florian (2020) Towards a New Generation of Trait-Flexible Vegetation Models. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 35 (3). pp. 191-205. ISSN 0169-5347, 1872-8383
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Plant trait variability, emerging from eco-evolutionary dynamics that range from alleles to macroecological scales, is one of the most elusive, but possibly most consequential, aspects of biodiversity. Plasticity, epigenetics, and genetic diversity are major determinants of how plants will respond to climate change, yet these processes are rarely represented in current vegetation models. Here, we provide an overview of the challenges associated with understanding the causes and consequences of plant trait variability, and review current developments to include plasticity and evolutionary mechanisms in vegetation models. We also present a roadmap of research priorities to develop a next generation of vegetation models with flexible traits. Including trait variability in vegetation models is necessary to better represent biosphere responses to global change.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS; LEAF DRY MASS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT RESPIRATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NITROGEN-CONTENT; BARK THICKNESS; BUD BURST; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Group Theoretical Ecology (Prof. Dr. Florian Hartig) |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2021 07:47 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2021 07:47 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45045 |
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