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Feed trait values were generally independent of malt trait values.

Taxon: BarleyHordeum vulgaret0
Outcome: feed trait valuese0
Comparator: malt trait valuese0

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“The feed trait values were generally independent of the malt trait values”
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“Malting Barley Better”
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Title

Is Malting Barley Better Feed for Cattle than Feed Barley?

Glen Fox; Alison Kelly; Jan Bowman; et al. Journal of the Institute of Brewing 2009. doi:10.1002/j.2050-0416.2009.tb00352.x

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Observation Barley grain showed genetic effects for malt quality traits.
Observation Barley grain showed genetic effects for feed quality traits.
Association Friability, hardness and protein had positive relationships.
Association Extract and husk had a negative relationship.
Association Extract had a positive relationship with test weight.
Association Extract appeared independent of feed traits.
Association Test weight showed little relationship to feed traits.
Observation Heritability ranged from low to high for almost all assessed traits.
Observation Malt cultivars could have feed characteristics equal to or better than feed cultivars.
Recommendation The authors recommended selecting for malt quality even when targeting feed quality.

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Early seedling trait values shifted greatly during development.

Taxon: seedlinge0
Organ / stage: early stages of developmente0
Outcome: trait valuese0

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“Early seedling trait values shifted greatly during early stages of development”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 956–1034

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Ontogenetic trait shifts: Seedlings display high trait variability during early stages of development

Caroline A. Havrilla; Seth M. Munson; Ethan O. Yackulic; et al. Functional Ecology 2021. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13897

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Method / resource Seedling traits generally differed from average database values.
Observation Trait shifts were greatest in forbs compared with grasses.
Observation Seedling SLA decreased over time.
Observation Seedling RSR increased over time.
Observation Seedling RDMC increased over time.
Mechanism Trait shifts suggested a transition from acquisitional to conservative strategies.
Method / resource The authors conclude database traits may poorly predict seedling values.
Recommendation The authors recommend incorporating ontogenetic trait variation into ecological and restoration studies.

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Higher resource supply was associated with higher average plant trait values.

Taxon: plante7
Treatment: resource supplye3
Outcome: average trait valuese3
Direction: highere3

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“higher average trait values were found in higher resource supply environments”
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“determined via higher plant leaf trait values”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1697–1742

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high resource supply than natives? A trait-based analysis

Alejandro Ordóñez; Han Olff 2013

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Trait plasticity explained more mortality risk than absolute trait values.

Taxon: plante0
Outcome: mortality riske0
Comparator: absolute trait valuese0

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“Trait plasticity explained a greater degree of plant mortality risk compared to absolute trait values.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1487–1589

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Leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland

Justin C. Luong; Karen D. Holl; Michael E. Loik Journal of Applied Ecology 2021. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13909

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Intervention effect Drought plots had greater native perennial cover.
Intervention effect Drought plots had lower thatch depth and shrub and non-native annual grass cover.
Intervention effect Drought plots had lower community-weighted leaf C:N.
Intervention effect Drought plots had higher leaf lobedness.
Association Higher leaf lobedness was associated with lower mortality risk in planted species.
Association Lower growth rate was associated with lower mortality risk in planted species.
Association Greater morphological trait plasticity was associated with reduced mortality risk.
Association Greater physiological trait plasticity was positively correlated with mortality risk.
Association Plants more closely related to the surrounding community had lower mortality risk.
Observation Leaf C:N showed a phylogenetic signal.
Recommendation Authors suggest using leaf traits and phylogenetic relatedness for restoration plant selection during drought.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Seedling traits generally differed from average database values.

Taxon: plante0
Outcome: trait database valuese0
Comparator: average plant trait database valuese0

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“generally differed from average plant trait database values”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1039–1098

Title

Ontogenetic trait shifts: Seedlings display high trait variability during early stages of development

Caroline A. Havrilla; Seth M. Munson; Ethan O. Yackulic; et al. Functional Ecology 2021. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13897

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Observation Early seedling trait values shifted greatly during development.
Observation Trait shifts were greatest in forbs compared with grasses.
Observation Seedling SLA decreased over time.
Observation Seedling RSR increased over time.
Observation Seedling RDMC increased over time.
Mechanism Trait shifts suggested a transition from acquisitional to conservative strategies.
Method / resource The authors conclude database traits may poorly predict seedling values.
Recommendation The authors recommend incorporating ontogenetic trait variation into ecological and restoration studies.

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Trait values varied continuously across species.

Taxon: trees and shrubse1
Outcome: Trait valuese0

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“Trait values varied continuously across species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 527–574

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“70 species of trees and shrubs”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 264–294

Title

EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF EARLY SEEDLING MORPHOLOGY IN EAST AFRICAN

Amy E. Zanne; Colin A. Chapman; Kaoru Kitajima 2005

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Native and non-native forbs had similar morphophysiological trait values.

Taxon: forbse0
Outcome: morpho‐physiological trait valuese0
Direction: Similare0

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“Similar morpho‐physiological trait values between native and non‐native forbs”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2056–2133

Title

Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage

Mandy L. Slate; Maria Sporbert; Isabell Hensen; et al. Functional Ecology 2025. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.70003

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Observation Morphophysiological traits correlated significantly with phenological traits.
Observation Morphophysiological traits contributed 34%–51% to phenology prediction across stages.
Observation Phylogeny contributed 36%–46% to phenology prediction.
Observation Species with faster phenologies produced faster-growing seedlings.
Observation Geographic location had its strongest influence at germination, 29%.
Observation Geographic influence decreased to 8%–15% at later stages.
Observation Native status had little to no impact on regeneration phenology, 0%–2%.
Observation Days to germination related strongly to geographic location.
Observation Phenological and morphophysiological associations varied across regeneration.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivesimulated

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Growth maximizing simulated trait values matched observed values across species and N supplies.

Taxon: grass speciese1
Outcome: simulated trait values maximizing plant growthe0
Comparator: observed trait valuese0

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“For all species under both high and low N supplies, simulated trait values maximizing plant growth in monocultures matched observed trait values”
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“we investigated with 12 grass species”
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Title

Disentangling Coordination among Functional Traits Using an Individual-Centred Model: Impact on Plant Performance at Intra- and Inter-Specific Levels

Vincent Maire; Nicolas Gross; David Hill; et al. PLoS ONE 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077372

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The authors conclude database traits may poorly predict seedling values.

Taxon: plante0
Outcome: poor predictors of seedling trait valuese0

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“plant trait database values may be poor predictors of seedling trait values”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1487–1562

Title

Ontogenetic trait shifts: Seedlings display high trait variability during early stages of development

Caroline A. Havrilla; Seth M. Munson; Ethan O. Yackulic; et al. Functional Ecology 2021. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13897

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Observation Early seedling trait values shifted greatly during development.
Method / resource Seedling traits generally differed from average database values.
Observation Trait shifts were greatest in forbs compared with grasses.
Observation Seedling SLA decreased over time.
Observation Seedling RSR increased over time.
Observation Seedling RDMC increased over time.
Mechanism Trait shifts suggested a transition from acquisitional to conservative strategies.
Recommendation The authors recommend incorporating ontogenetic trait variation into ecological and restoration studies.

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Many trait effects were significantly nonlinear, often with maximum commonness at intermediate trait values.

Taxon: grassland plantst0
Organ / stage: trait valuese0
Outcome: commonness‐metric valuee0
Direction: higheste0
Qualifier: intermediate trait valuese0

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“many of the effects had significant non‐linear effects, in most cases with the highest commonness‐metric value at intermediate trait values”
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“grassland plants”
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Title

Below‐ and aboveground traits explain local abundance, and regional, continental and global occurrence frequencies of grassland plants

Tom Lachaise; Joana Bergmann; Matthias C. Rillig; et al. Oikos 2020. doi:10.1111/oik.07874

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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 Belowground traits explained 19.4% of commonness variance across scales.
Association Aboveground traits explained 12.6% of commonness variance across scales.
Recommendation The authors recommend considering belowground traits more often in plant functional ecology.

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