Claim · model-written summary
Aboveground traits explained 12.6% of commonness variance across scales.
- Taxon
- grassland plantst0
- Organ / stage
- aboveground traitse0
- Outcome
- variance in species commonnesse0
- Value
- 12.6%e0
- Comparator
- belowground traitse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingDirectionQualifier
Verbatim
e0“belowground traits explained overall more variance in species commonness (19.4%) than aboveground traits (12.6%)”
t0“grassland plants”
Title
Tom Lachaise; Joana Bergmann; Matthias C. Rillig; et al. Oikos 2020. doi:10.1111/oik.07874
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association At every spatial scale, at least three traits were associated with commonness.
- Association Traits explained 42% of abundance variance in grassland plots.
- Association Traits explained 41% of naturalization success variance.
- Association Traits explained 2% of occurrence-frequency variance in Europe and the Mediterranean.
- Association Low root tissue density characterized common species at every scale.
- Association Other traits changed direction in their associations with commonness across scales.
- Association Many trait effects were significantly nonlinear, often with maximum commonness at intermediate trait values.
- Association Belowground traits explained 19.4% of commonness variance across scales.
- Recommendation The authors recommend considering belowground traits more often in plant functional ecology.