Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe

Kambach, Stephan; Sabatini, Francesco Maria; Attorre, Fabio; Biurrun, Idoia; Boenisch, Gerhard; Bonari, Gianmaria; Čarni, Andraž; Carranza, Maria Laura; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Chytrý, Milan; Dengler, Jürgen; Garbolino, Emmanuel; Golub, Valentin; Güler, Behlül; Jandt, Ute; Jansen, Jan; Jašková, Anni; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Karger, Dirk Nikolaus; Kattge, Jens; Knollová, Ilona; Midolo, Gabriele; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Pielech, Remigiusz; Rašomavičius, Valerijus; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Šibík, Jozef; Stančić, Zvjezdana; Stanisci, Angela; Svenning, Jens-Christian; Yamalov, Sergey; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Bruelheide, Helge

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6

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Title:	Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe
Authors:	Kambach, Stephan Sabatini, Francesco Maria Attorre, Fabio Biurrun, Idoia Boenisch, Gerhard Bonari, Gianmaria Čarni, Andraž Carranza, Maria Laura Chiarucci, Alessandro Chytrý, Milan Dengler, Jürgen Garbolino, Emmanuel Golub, Valentin Güler, Behlül Jandt, Ute Jansen, Jan Jašková, Anni Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja Karger, Dirk Nikolaus Kattge, Jens Knollová, Ilona Midolo, Gabriele Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold Pielech, Remigiusz Rašomavičius, Valerijus Rūsiņa, Solvita Šibík, Jozef Stančić, Zvjezdana Stanisci, Angela Svenning, Jens-Christian Yamalov, Sergey Zimmermann, Niklaus E. Bruelheide, Helge
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6 10.21256/zhaw-26975
Published in:	Nature Communications
Volume(Issue):	14
Issue:	1
Page(s):	712
Issue Date:	9-Feb-2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	2041-1723
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	363: Environmental and security problems 580: Plants (Botany)
Abstract:	Ecological theory predicts close relationships between macroclimate and functional traits. Yet, global climatic gradients correlate only weakly with the trait composition of local plant communities, suggesting that important factors have been ignored. Here, we investigate the consistency of climate-trait relationships for plant communities in European habitats. Assuming that local factors are better accounted for in more narrowly defined habitats, we assigned > 300,000 vegetation plots to hierarchically classified habitats and modelled the effects of climate on the community-weighted means of four key functional traits using generalized additive models. We found that the predictive power of climate increased from broadly to narrowly defined habitats for specific leaf area and root length, but not for plant height and seed mass. Although macroclimate generally predicted the distribution of all traits, its effects varied, with habitat-specificity increasing toward more narrowly defined habitats. We conclude that macroclimate is an important determinant of terrestrial plant communities, but future predictions of climatic effects must consider how habitats are defined.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26975
Related research data:	https://idata.idiv.de/ddm/Data/ShowData/3527?version=14 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7404177
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License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Kambach, S., Sabatini, F. M., Attorre, F., Biurrun, I., Boenisch, G., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Carranza, M. L., Chiarucci, A., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., Garbolino, E., Golub, V., Güler, B., Jandt, U., Jansen, J., Jašková, A., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Karger, D. N., et al. (2023). Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe. Nature Communications, 14(1), 712. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6

Kambach, S. et al. (2023) ‘Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe’, Nature Communications, 14(1), p. 712. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6.

S. Kambach et al., “Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe,” Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 712, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6.

KAMBACH, Stephan, Francesco Maria SABATINI, Fabio ATTORRE, Idoia BIURRUN, Gerhard BOENISCH, Gianmaria BONARI, Andraž ČARNI, Maria Laura CARRANZA, Alessandro CHIARUCCI, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jürgen DENGLER, Emmanuel GARBOLINO, Valentin GOLUB, Behlül GÜLER, Ute JANDT, Jan JANSEN, Anni JAŠKOVÁ, Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO, Dirk Nikolaus KARGER, Jens KATTGE, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, Gabriele MIDOLO, Jesper Erenskjold MOESLUND, Remigiusz PIELECH, Valerijus RAŠOMAVIČIUS, Solvita RŪSIŅA, Jozef ŠIBÍK, Zvjezdana STANČIĆ, Angela STANISCI, Jens-Christian SVENNING, Sergey YAMALOV, Niklaus E. ZIMMERMANN und Helge BRUELHEIDE, 2023. Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe. Nature Communications. 9 Februar 2023. Bd. 14, Nr. 1, S. 712. DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6

Kambach, Stephan, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Gerhard Boenisch, Gianmaria Bonari, Andraž Čarni, et al. 2023. “Climate-Trait Relationships Exhibit Strong Habitat Specificity in Plant Communities across Europe.” Nature Communications 14 (1): 712. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6.

Kambach, Stephan, et al. “Climate-Trait Relationships Exhibit Strong Habitat Specificity in Plant Communities across Europe.” Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, Feb. 2023, p. 712, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36240-6.