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| Title |
A global meta‐analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities
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| Published in |
Ecology Letters, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1111/ele.12508 |
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| Authors |
Andrew Siefert, Cyrille Violle, Loïc Chalmandrier, Cécile H. Albert, Adrien Taudiere, Alex Fajardo, Lonnie W. Aarssen, Christopher Baraloto, Marcos B. Carlucci, Marcus V. Cianciaruso, Vinícius de L. Dantas, Francesco de Bello, Leandro D. S. Duarte, Carlos R. Fonseca, Grégoire T. Freschet, Stéphanie Gaucherand, Nicolas Gross, Kouki Hikosaka, Benjamin Jackson, Vincent Jung, Chiho Kamiyama, Masatoshi Katabuchi, Steven W. Kembel, Emilie Kichenin, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Anna Lagerström, Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yuanzhi Li, Norman Mason, Julie Messier, Tohru Nakashizuka, Jacob McC. Overton, Duane A. Peltzer, I. M. Pérez‐Ramos, Valério D. Pillar, Honor C. Prentice, Sarah Richardson, Takehiro Sasaki, Brandon S. Schamp, Christian Schöb, Bill Shipley, Maja Sundqvist, Martin T. Sykes, Marie Vandewalle, David A. Wardle |
| Abstract |
Recent studies have shown that accounting for intraspecific trait variation (ITV) may better address major questions in community ecology. However, a general picture of the relative extent of ITV compared to interspecific trait variation in plant communities is still missing. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of the relative extent of ITV within and among plant communities worldwide, using a data set encompassing 629 communities (plots) and 36 functional traits. Overall, ITV accounted for 25% of the total trait variation within communities and 32% of the total trait variation among communities on average. The relative extent of ITV tended to be greater for whole-plant (e.g. plant height) vs. organ-level traits and for leaf chemical (e.g. leaf N and P concentration) vs. leaf morphological (e.g. leaf area and thickness) traits. The relative amount of ITV decreased with increasing species richness and spatial extent, but did not vary with plant growth form or climate. These results highlight global patterns in the relative importance of ITV in plant communities, providing practical guidelines for when researchers should include ITV in trait-based community and ecosystem studies. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 4 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 17% |
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| France | 2 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 8% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 4% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 4 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 58% |
| Scientists | 10 | 42% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,215 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | <1% |
| Brazil | 4 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1176 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 284 | 23% |
| Researcher | 201 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 179 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 88 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 88 | 7% |
| Other | 196 | 16% |
| Unknown | 179 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 573 | 47% |
| Environmental Science | 315 | 26% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 35 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 1% |
| Engineering | 7 | <1% |
| Other | 39 | 3% |
| Unknown | 231 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2019.
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#10
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