Coordination of foliar and wood anatomical traits contributes to tropical tree distributions and productivity along the malay-thai peninsula

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2214-2223

  Baltzer, Jennifer L ^a,b   Grégoire, Dorthea M ^a   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^c   Noor, N Supardi M ^d   Davies, Stuart J ^b,e  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Climatic variability; Gas exchange; Geographic range size; Malaysia; Thailand; Tropical forest dynamics; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST CANOPY; GAS EXCHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMID TROPICS; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 71449118590     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800414     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Ackerly, D. D. 2003. Community assembly, niche conservatism, and adaptive evolution in changing environments. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: S165-S184.
2. Ackerly, D. D., and W. K. Cornwell. 2007. A trait-based approach to community assembly: Partitioning of species trait values in within-and among-community components. Ecology Letters 10: 135-145.
3. Ashton, P. S. 1997. South Asian evergreen forests: Some thoughts toward biogeographic reevaluation. Tropical Ecology 38: 171-180.
4. Baas, P. 1986. Ecological patterns of xylem anatomy. In T. J. Givnish [ed.], On the economy of plant form and function, 327-349. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
5. Baas, P., F. W. Ewers, S. D. Davis, and E. A. Wheeler.2004. Evolution of xylem physiology. In I. Poole and A. Hemsley [eds.], Evolution of plant physiology, 273-295. Elsevier Academic Press, London, UK.
6. Baas, P., E. A. Wheeler, and M. W. Chase. 2000. Dicotyledonous wood anatomy and the APG system of angiosperm classification. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 134: 3-17.
7. Baltzer, J. L., S. J. Davies, S. Bunyavejchewin, and N. S. M. Noor. 2008. The role of desiccation tolerance in determining tree species distributions along the Malay-Thai Peninsula. Functional Ecology 22: 221-231.
8. Baltzer, J. L., S. J. Davies, N. S. M. Noor, A. R. Kassim, and J. V. LaFrankie. 2007. Geographical distributions in tropical trees: Can geographical range predict performance and habitat association in co-occurring tree species? Journal of Biogeography 34: 1916-1926.
9. Bauerle, W. L., T. H. Whitlow, T. L. Setter, T. L. Bauerle, and F. M. Vermeylen. 2003. Ecophysiology of Acer rubrum seedlings from contrasting hydrologic habitats: Growth, gas exchange, tissue water relations, abscisic acid and carbon isotope discrimination. Tree Physiology 23: 841-850.
10. Brodribb, T. J., and T. S. Feild. 2000. Stem hydraulic supply is linked to leaf photosynthetic capacity: Evidence from New Caledonian and Tasmanian rainforests. Plant, Cell & Environment 23: 1381-1388.
11. Brodribb, T. J., N. M. Holbrook, and M. V. Gutierrez. 2002. Hydraulic and photosynthetic co-ordination in seasonally dry tropical forest trees. Plant, Cell & Environment 25: 1435-1444.
12. Bucci, S. J., G. Goldstein, F. C. Meinzer, F. G. Scholz, A. C. Franco, and M. Bustamante. 2004. Functional convergence in hydraulic architecture and water relations of tropical savanna trees: From leaf to whole plant. Tree Physiology 24: 891-899.
13. Carlquist, S. 1977. Ecological factors in wood evolution-Floristic approach. American Journal of Botany 64: 887-896.
14. Carlquist, S. 2001. Comparative wood anatomy: Systematic, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of dicotyledon wood. Springer, Berlin, Germany.
15. Chave, J., D. Coomes, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, N. G. Swenson, and A. E. Zanne. 2009. Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
16. Choat, B., M. Ball, J. Luly, and J. Holtum. 2003. Pit membrane porosity and water stress-induced cavitation in four co-existing dry rainforest tree species. Plant Physiology 131: 41-48.
17. Choat, B., A. R. Cobb, and S. Jansen. 2008. Structure and function of bordered pits: New discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function. New Phytologist 177: 608-625.
18. Clark, D. A., S. Brown, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Q. Chambers, J. R. Thomlinson, J. Ni, and E. A. Holland. 2001. Net primary production in tropical forests: An evaluation and synthesis of existing field data. Ecological Applications 11: 371-384.
19. Corcuera, L., J. J. Camarero, and E. Gil-Pelegrin. 2004. Effects of a severe drought on Quercus ilex radial growth and xylem anatomy. Trees-Structure and Function 18: 83-92.
20. Cornwell, W. K., and D. D. Ackerly. 2009. Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California. Ecological Monographs 79: 109-126.
21. Cowles, H. C. 1899. The ecological relations of the vegetation of the sand dunes of Lake Michigan. Botanical Gazette (Chicago, Ill.) 27: 95-117.
22. Davies, S. J. 1998. Photosynthesis of nine pioneer Macaranga species from Borneo in relation to life history. Ecology 79: 2292-2308.
23. Diemer, M., C. Körner, and S. Prock. 1992. Leaf lifespans in wild perennial herbaceous plants: A survey and attempts at a functional interpretation. Oecologia 89: 10-16.
24. Engelbrecht, B. M. J., L. S. Comita, R. Condit, T. A. Kursar, M. T. Tyree, B. L. Turner, and S. P. Hubbell. 2007. Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests. Nature 447: 80-83.
25. Engelbrecht, B. M. J., J. W. Dalling, T. R. H. Pearson, R. L. Wolf, D. A. Galvez, T. Koehler, M. T. Tyree, and T. A. Kursar. 2006. Short dry spells in the wet season increase mortality of tropical pioneer seedlings. Oecologia 148: 258-269.
26. Engelbrecht, B. M. J., and T. A. Kursar. 2003. Comparative drought-resistance of seedlings of 28 species of co-occurring tropical woody plants. Oecologia 136: 383-393.
27. Falster, D. S., D. Warton, and I. Wright. 2003. SMATR: Standardised major axis tests and routines, v.2.0 [online computer program, documentation]. Website http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/ecology/SMATR/
28. Felsenstein, J. 1985. Phylogenies and the comparative method. American Naturalist 125: 1-15.
29. Fisher, J. B., G. Goldstein, T. J. Jones, and S. Cordell. 2007. Wood vessel diameter is related to elevation and genotype in the Hawaiian tree Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae). American Journal of Botany 94: 709-715.
30. Gentry, A. H. 1988. Changes in plant community diversity and floristic composition on environmental and geographical gradients. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: 1-34.
31. Hacke, U. G., J. S. Sperry, and J. Pitterman. 2000. Drought experience and cavitation resistance in six shrubs from the Great Basin, Utah. Basic and Applied Ecology 1: 31-41.
32. Hacke, U. G., J. S. Sperry, W. T. Pockman, S. D. Davis, and K. A. McCulloch. 2001. Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure. Oecologia 126: 457-461.
33. Hacke, U. G., J. S. Sperry, J. K. Wheeler, and L. Castro. 2006. Scaling of angiosperm xylem structure with safety and efficiency. Tree Physiology 26: 689-701.
34. Ishida, A., T. Nakano, K. Yazaki, S. Matsuki, N. Koike, D. L. Lauenstien, M. Shimizu, and N. Yamashita. 2008. Coordination between leaf and stem traits related to leaf carbon gain and hydraulics across 32 drought-tolerant angiosperms. Oecologia 156: 193-202.
35. Jansen, S., P. Baas, P. Gasson, F. Lens, and E. Smets. 2004. Variation in xylem structure from tropics to tundra: Evidence from vestured pits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101: 8833-8837.
36. Katul, G., R. Leuning, and R. Oren. 2003. Relationship between plant hydraulic and biochemical properties derived from a steady-state coupled water and carbon transport model. Plant, Cell & Environment 26: 339-350.
37. Maherali, H., W. T. Pockman, and R. B. Jackson. 2004. Adaptive variation in the vulnerability of woody plants to xylem cavitation. Ecology 85: 2184-2199.
38. Meinzer, F. C., G. Goldstein, P. Jackson, N. M. Holbrook, M. V. Gutierrez, and J. Cavelier. 1995. Environmental and physiological regulation of transpiration in tropical forest gap species: The influence of boundary layer and hydraulic conductance properties. Oecologia 101: 514-522.
39. Morin, X., and I. Chuine. 2006. Niche breadth, competitive strength and range size of tree species: A trade-off based framework to understand species distribution. Ecology Letters 9: 185-195.
40. Nardini, A., and S. Salleo. 2000. Limitation of stomatal conductance by hydraulic traits: Sensing or preventing cavitation? Tree-Structure and Function 15: 14-24.
41. Pratt, R. B., A. L. Jacobsen, F. W. Ewers, and S. D. Davis. 2007. Relationships among xylem transport, biomechanics and storage in stems and roots of nine Rhamnaceae species of the California chaparral. New Phytologist 174: 787-798.
42. Preston, K. A., W. K. Cornwell, and J. Denoyer. 2006. Wood density and vessel traits as distinct correlates of ecological strategy in 51 California coast range angiosperms. New Phytologist 170: 807-818.
43. Reich, P. B. 1993. Reconciling apparent discrepancies among studies relating life span, structure and function of leaves in contrasting plant life forms and climates: ' The blind man and the elephant retold '. Functional Ecology 7: 721-725.
44. Reich, P. B., I. J. Wright, J. Cavender-Bares, J. M. Craine, J. Oleksyn, M. Westoby, and M. B. Walters. 2003. The evolution of plant functional variation: Traits, spectra, and strategies. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: S143-S164.
45. Roderick, M. L. 2000. On the measurement of growth with applications to the modelling and analysis of plant growth. Functional Ecology 14: 244-251.
46. Russo, S. E., P. Brown, S. Tan, and S. J. Davies. 2008. Interspecific demographic trade-offs and soil-related habitat associations of tree species along resource gradients. Journal of Ecology 96: 192-203.
47. Russo, S. E., S. J. Davies, D. A. King, and S. Tan. 2005. Soil-related performance variation and distributions of tree species in a Bornean rain forest. Journal of Ecology 93: 879-889.
48. Santiago, L. S., G. Goldstein, F. C. Meinzer, J. B. Fisher, K. Machado, D. Woodruff, and T. Jones. 2004. Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees. Oecologia 140: 543-550.
49. Schulte, P. J. 1999. Water flow through a 20-pore perforation plate in vessels of Liquidambar styraciflua. Journal of Experimental Biology 50: 1179-1187.
50. Schulte, P. J., A. C. Gibson, and P. S. Nobel. 1989. Water flow in vessels with simple or compound perforation plates. Annals of Botany 64: 171-178.
51. Slot, M., and L. Poorter. 2007. Diversity of tropical tree seedling responses to drought. Biotropica 39: 683-690.
52. Smitinand, T., and K. Larsen. 1970. Flora of Thailand. Applied Scientific Research Corporation of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand.
53. Sperry, J. S. 2000. Hydraulic constraints on plant gas exchange. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 104: 13-23.
54. Sperry, J. S., N. N. Alder, and S. E. Eastlack. 1993. The effect of reduced hydraulic conductance on stomatal conductance and xylem cavitation. Journal of Experimental Botany 44: 1075-1082.
55. Sperry, J. S., K. L. Nichols, J. E. M. Sullivan, and S. E. Eastlack. 1994. Xylem embolism in ring-porous, diffuse-porous, and coniferous trees of northern Utah and interior Alaska. Ecology 75: 1736-1752.
56. Stevens, P. F. 2001 [onward]. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Website http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
57. Symington, C. F. 2004. Foresters ' manual of dipterocarps. SyonanHakubutukan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
58. van Steenis, C. G. G. J. 1950. The delimitation of Malesia and its main plant geographical divisions. Flora Malesiana, series 1: xx-1xxv.
59. Van Welzen, P. C., and K. Chayamarit. 2005. Flora of Thailand Euphorbiaceae. In P. C. Van Welzen [ed.]. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland and Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
60. Webb, C. O. 2000. Exploring the phylogenetic structure of ecological communities: an example for rain forest trees. American Naturalist 156: 145-155.
61. Webb, C. O., and M. J. Donoghue. 2007. Phylomatic: Automatic assembly of plant community phylogenies. Website http://www.phylo-diversity.net/phylomatic/
62. Whitmore, T. C. 1972. Tree flora of Malaya: A manual for foresters. Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. Longman Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
63. Whitmore, T. C. 1984. Tropical rainforests of the Far East. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
64. Wikstr ö m, N., V. Savolainen, and M. W. Chase. 2001. Evolution of angiosperms: Calibrating the family tree. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, Biological Sciences 268: 2211-2220.
65. Woodruff, D. S. 2003. Neogene marine transgressions, palaeogeography and biogeographic transitions on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography 30: 551-567.
66. Wright, I. J., P. B. Reich, O. K. Atkin, C. H. Lusk, M. G. Tjoelker, and M. Westoby. 2006. Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf dark respiration in woody plants: Evidence from comparisons across 20 sites. New Phytologist 169: 309-319.
67. Wright, I. J., P. B. Reich, M. Westoby, D. D. Ackerly, Z. Baruch, F. Bongers, J. Cavender-Bares, et al. 2004. The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Nature 428: 821-827.
68. Wright, S. J., H. C. Muller-Landau, R. Condit, and S. P. Hubbell. 2003. Shade tolerance, realized vital rates, and size distributions of tropical trees. Ecology 84: 3174-3185.