TY  - JOUR
AU  - Díaz, Sandra
AU  - Kattge, Jens
AU  - Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.
AU  - Wright, Ian J.
AU  - Lavorel, Sandra
AU  - Dray, Stéphane
AU  - Reu, Björn
AU  - Kleyer, Michael
AU  - Wirth, Christian
AU  - Colin Prentice, I.
AU  - Garnier, Eric
AU  - Bönisch, Gerhard
AU  - Westoby, Mark
AU  - Poorter, Hendrik
AU  - Reich, Peter B.
AU  - Moles, Angela T.
AU  - Dickie, John
AU  - Gillison, Andrew N.
AU  - Zanne, Amy E.
AU  - Chave, Jérôme
AU  - Joseph Wright, S.
AU  - Sheremet’ev, Serge N.
AU  - Jactel, Hervé
AU  - Baraloto, Christopher
AU  - Cerabolini, Bruno
AU  - Pierce, Simon
AU  - Shipley, Bill
AU  - Kirkup, Donald
AU  - Casanoves, Fernando
AU  - Joswig, Julia S.
AU  - Günther, Angela
AU  - Falczuk, Valeria
AU  - Rüger, Nadja
AU  - Mahecha, Miguel D.
AU  - Gorné, Lucas D.
TI  - The global spectrum of plant form and function
JO  - Nature 
VL  - 529
SN  - 1476-4687
CY  - London [u.a.]
PB  - Nature Publ. Group78092
M1  - FZJ-2016-00099
SP  - 167–171
PY  - 2015
AB  - Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today’s terrestrial biosphere. By analysing worldwide variation in six major traits critical to growth, survival and reproduction within the largest sample of vascular plant species ever compiled, we found that occupancy of six-dimensional trait space is strongly concentrated, indicating coordination and trade-offs. Three-quarters of trait variation is captured in a two-dimensional global spectrum of plant form and function. One major dimension within this plane reflects the size of whole plants and their parts; the other represents the leaf economics spectrum, which balances leaf construction costs against growth potential. The global plant trait spectrum provides a backdrop for elucidating constraints on evolution, for functionally qualifying species and ecosystems, and for improving models that predict future vegetation based on continuous variation in plant form and function.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000368015700027
C6  - pmid:26700811
DO  - DOI:10.1038/nature16489
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280310
ER  -