Claim · model-written summary
Community-level core leaf traits were LA, LL, LFW, LDW and LTD across elevation and precipitation gradients.
- Taxon
- Polyspora chrysandraPolyspora chrysandrat0
- Outcome
- core traitse0
- Qualifier
- across elevation and precipitation gradientse0
Verbatim
e0“at the community level, leaf area (LA), leaf length (LL), leaf fresh weight (LFW), leaf dry weight (LDW), and leaf tissue density (LTD) consistently emerged as core traits across elevation and precipitation gradients”
t0“Polyspora chrysandra-associated montane forests”
Title
Jianxin Yang; Changle Ma; Qing Gui; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2026. doi:10.1186/s12870-026-08759-5
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation In P. chrysandra, elevation-associated core traits were LA, LL, LW, LDW and LTD.
- Observation In P. chrysandra, precipitation-associated core traits were LA, LL, LW, LFW and LTD.
- Association Functional richness increased with phylogenetic diversity.
- Association Functional dispersion declined as communities became more phylogenetically clustered.
- Observation Most leaf traits had weak but significant phylogenetic signals.
- Association After phylogeny adjustment, leaf thickness increased with soil pH.
- Association After phylogeny adjustment, leaf thickness increased with vapor pressure deficit.
- Association After phylogeny adjustment, leaf thickness increased with available potassium.
- Association After phylogeny adjustment, leaf thickness decreased with soil gravel content.
- Association Canopy openness predicted community-weighted mean LTD with adjusted R² of 0.81.
- Association Measured environment explained little variation in overall functional diversity.
- Association Measured environment explained little variation in overall phylogenetic diversity.
- Observation Leaf tissue density showed a strong phylogenetic signal.