Plant response to nutrients differs among traits and depends on species’ nutrient requirements
Our results challenge the assumption that leaf traits universally reflect plant responses to nutrient availability. They advocate a better characterization of traits directly involved in nutrient acquisition and underscore the importance of considering how trait-trait and trait-environment relationships may depend on the group of species considered. These findings offer an avenue for more accurate predictions of plant responses to nutrient gradients in natural and managed ecosystems.
Authors
- Florian Fort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7983-6254)
- Cyrille Violle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-9226)
- Léo Delalandre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2875-4587)
- Eric Garnier
- Julie Tschambser
- Lila Saugier
- Galadriel Fourtier
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure (BI)
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (FR)
- Institut Agro Montpelier (FR)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2025-07-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf171
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31