Drier, more seasonal climates strengthen coordination of hydraulic, leaf economic and reproductive strategies in subtropical forest tree communities vist.ly/3m23kct #LeafEconomicSpectrum #Rainforest #SeedSize

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Plant growth form modulates the effects of trait and environment on global leaf insect herbivory

#Woody | #Herbaceous | #Leafeconomicspectrum | #Plantapparencyhypothesis

@pku1898.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social

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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Variation in #LeafTraitNetworks of xerophytes along a #DuneStabilizationGradient

#LeafEconomicSpectrum | #XerophyticPlants | #Drought

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【💡Editor's Choice】
Fandong Meng et al. demonstrates widespread trade-offs between growing season length and plant growth across multiple spatial scales on the #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau.

#LeafEconomicSpectrum | #Phenology | #CommonGarden

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Fandong Meng et al. explored the physiological effect of changes in growing season length through #CommonGarden experiments on the #Qinghai−TibetanPlateau.

#LeafEconomicSpectrum | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #Phenology

@mapjournals.bsky.social

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🔎 Growing season length ♾️【Trade-off】♾️ herbaceous growth

Reason:
Growing season length⬆️, photosynthetic efficiency⬇️

#LeafEconomicSpectrum | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #Phenology | #CommonGarden | #TibetanPlateau

@mapjournals.bsky.social

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Clear and exciting talk by @ChaconLabella assessing relative role of traits and climate and their direct and indirect effects on variation in carbon fluxes along an elevational gradient in Colorado @RMBLGothic . In short … #traits esp #LeafEconomicSpectrum traits are key!