Plant functional type classifications in tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: Leaf habit versus taxonomic approaches

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 927-936

  Powers, Jennifer S ^a   Tiffin, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phylogeny; Plant functional type; Stable isotopes; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRY FOREST; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEGUME; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENETICS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

FABACEAE;

EID: 77957601604     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01701.x     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Abramoff, M.D., Magelhaes, P.J. & Ram, S.J. (2004) Image processing with ImageJ. Biophotonics International, 11, 36-42.
2. Ackerly, D. (2004) Functional strategies of chapparal shrubs in relation to seasonal water deficit and disturbance. Ecological Monographs, 74, 25-44.
3. Ackerly, D.D., Dudley, S.A., Sultan, S.E., Schmitt, J., Coleman, J.S., Linder, C.R., Sandquist, D.R., Geber, M.A., Evans, A.S., Dawson, T.E. & Lechowicz, M.J. (2000) The evolution of plant ecophysiological traits: recent advances and future directions. Bioscience, 50, 979-995.
4. Aerts, R. (1995) The advantages of being evergreen. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 402-407.
5. Alessio, G.A., Penuelas, J., Llusia, J., Ogaya, R., Estiarte, M. & De Lillis, M. (2008) Influence of water and terpenes on flammability in some dominant Mediterranean species. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17, 274-286.
6. Bonal, D., Sabatier, D., Montpied, P., Tremeaux, D. & Guehl, J.M. (2000) Interspecific variability of d13C among trees in rainforests of French Guiana: functional groups and canopy integration. Oecologia, 124, 454-468.
7. Borchert, R. (1994) Soil and stem water storage determine phenology and distribution of tropical dry forest trees. Ecology, 75, 1437-1449.
8. Brodribb, T.J. & Holbrook, N.M. (2005) Leaf physiology does not predict leaf habit; examples from tropical dry forest. Trees, 19, 290-295.
9. Cavender-Bares, J., Kitajima, K. & Bazzaz, F.A. (2004) Multiple trait associations in relation to habitat differentiation among 17 Floridian oak species. Ecological Monographs, 74, 635-662.
10. Ceccato, P., Flasse, S., Tarantola, S., Jacquemoud, S. & Grégoire, J.-M. (2001) Detecting vegetation leaf water content using reflectance in the optical domain. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 77, 22-33.
11. Chave, J., Muller-Landau, H.C., Baker, T.R., Easdale, T.A., Tersteege, H. & Webb, C.O. (2006) Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications, 16, 2356-2367.
12. Coley, P.D. & Barone, J.A. (1996) Herbivory and plant defenses in tropical forests. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 27, 305-335.
13. Cornelissen, J.H.C., Lavorel, S., Garnier, E., Diaz, S., Buchmann, N., Gurvich, D.E., Reich, P.B., Tersteege, H., Morgan, H.D., Vanderheijden, M.G.A., Pausas, J.G. & Poorter, H. (2003) A handbook of protocols for standardized and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany, 51, 335-380.
14. Delwiche, C.C., Zinke, P.J., Johnson, C.M. & Virginia, R.A. (1979) Nitrogen isotope distribution as a presumptive indicator of nitrogen fixation. Botanical Gazette, 140, S65-S69.
15. Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Debello, F., Quetier, F., Grigulis, K. & Robson, T.M. (2007) Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104, 20684-20689.
16. Duckworth, J.C., Kent, M. & Ramsay, P.M. (2000) Plant functional types: an alternative to taxonomic plant community description in biogeography? Progress in Physical Geography, 24, 515-542.
17. Eamus, D. (1999) Ecophysiological traits of deciduous and evergreen woody species in the seasonally dry tropics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 11-16.
18. Eamus, D. & Prior, L. (2001) Ecophysiology of trees of seasonally dry tropics: comparisons among phenologies. Advances in Ecological Research, 32, 113-197.
19. Elser, J.J. & Hamilton, A. (2007) Stoichiometry and the new biology: the future is now. PLoS Biology, 5, e181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050181.
20. Farquhar, G.D. & Richards, R.A. (1984) Isotopic composition of plant carbon correlates with water-use efficiency of wheat genotypes. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 11, 539-552.
21. Funk, J.L., Cleland, E.E., Suding, K.N. & Zavaleta, E.S. (2008) Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23, 695-703.
22. 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.
23. Gillespie, T.W., Grijalva, A. & Farris, C.N. (2000) Diversity, composition, and structure of tropical dry forests in Central America. Plant Ecology, 147, 37-47.
24. Guehl, J.M., Domenach, A.M., Bereau, M., Barigah, T.S., Casabianca, H., Ferhi, A. & Garbaye, J. (1998) Functional diversity in an Amazonian rainforest of French Guyana: a dual isotope approach (d15N and d13C). Oecologia, 116, 316-330.
25. Hättenschwiler, S., Aeschlimann, B., Couteaux, M.-M., Roy, J. & Bonal, D. (2008) High variation in foliage and leaf litter chemistry among 45 tree species of a neotropical rainforest community. New Phytologist, 179, 165-175.
26. Hulshof, C.M. & Swenson, N.G. (2010) Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: an example from a Costa Rican dry forest. Functional Ecology, 24, 217-223.
27. Ishida, A., Diloksumpun, S., Ladpala, P., Staporn, D., Panuthai, S., Gamo, M., Yazaki, K., Ishizuka, M. & Puangchit, L. (2006) Contrasting seasonal leaf habits of canopy trees between tropical dry-deciduous and evergreen forests in Thailand. Tree Physiology, 26, 643-656.
28. Kerkoff, A.J., Fagan, W.F., Elser, J.J. & Enquist, B.J. (2006) Phylogenetic and growth form variation in the scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus in seed plants. American Naturalist, 168, E103-E122.
29. Killingbeck, K.T. (1996) Nutrients in senesced leaves: keys to the search for potential resorption and resorption proficiency. Ecology, 77, 1716-1727.
30. Kraft, N.J.B., Valencia, R. & Ackerly, D.D. (2008) Functional traits and nichebased tree community assembly in an Amazonian forest. Science, 322, 580-582.
31. Lal, C.B., Annapurna, C., Raghubanshi, A.S. & Singh, J.S. (2001) Effect of leaf habit and soil type on nutrient resorption and conservation in woody species of a dry tropical environment. Canadian Journal of Botany, 79, 1066-1075.
32. Leffler, A.J. & Enquist, B.J. (2002) Carbon isotope composition of tree leaves from Guanacaste, Costa Rica: comparison across tropical forests and tree life history. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 18, 151-159.
33. Markesteijn, L., Poorter, L. & Bongers, F. (2007) Light-dependent leaf trait variation in 43 tropical dry forest tree species. American Journal of Botany, 94, 515-525.
34. Martinelli, L.A., Almeida, S., Brown, I.F., Moreira, M.Z., Victoria, R.L., Sternberg, L.S.L., Ferreira, C.A.C. & Thomas, W.W. (1998) Stable carbon isotope ratio of tree leaves, boles and fine litter in a tropical forest in Rondonia, Brazil. Oecologia, 114, 170-179.
35. Mcgill, B.J., Enquist, B.J., Weiher, E. & Westoby, M. (2006) Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 121, 178-185.
36. Mckey, D. (1994) Legumes and nitrogen - the evolutionary ecology of a nitrogen-demanding lifestyle. Advances in Legume Systematics 5: The Nitrogen Factor (eds J.I. Sprent & D. Mckey), pp. 211-228. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
37. Miles, L., Newton, A.C., Defries, R.S., Ravilious, C., May, I., Blyth, S., Kapos, V. & Gordon, J.E. (2006) A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests. Journal of Biogeography, 33, 491-505.
38. Mooney, H.A. & Dunn, E.L. (1970) Photosynthetic systems of Mediterranean-climate shrubs and trees of California and Chile. American Naturalist, 104, 447-453.
39. Murphy, P.G. & Lugo, A.E. (1986) Ecology of tropical dry forest. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 17, 67-88.
40. Niinemets, Ü., Portsmuth, A., Tema, D., Tobias, M., Matesanz, S. & Valladares, F. (2007) Do we underestimate the importance of leaf size in plant economics? Disproportional scaling of support costs within the spectrum of leaf physiognomy. Annals of Botany, 100, 283-303.
41. Ostle, N.J., Smith, P., Fisher, R., Woodward, F.I., Fisher, J.B., Smith, J.U., Galbraith, D., Levy, P., Meir, P., Mcnamara, N.P. & Bardgett, R.D. (2009) Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models. Journal of Ecology, 97, 851-863.
42. Pennington, R.T., Lavin, M. & Oliveira-Filho, A. (2009) Woody plant diversity, evolution, and ecology in the tropics: perspectives from seasonally dry tropical forests. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 40, 437-457.
43. Poorter, L., Wright, S.J., Paz, H., Ackerly, D.D., Condit, R., Ibarra-Manriquez, G., Harms, K.E., Licona, J.C., Martinez-Ramos, M., Mazer, S.J., Muller-Landau, H.C., Pena-Claros, M., Webb, C.O. & I.J., W. (2008) Are functional traits good predictors of demographic rates? Evidence from five Neotropical forests. Ecology, 89, 1908-1920.
44. Powers, J.S., Becknell, J.M., Irving, J. & Perez-Aviles, D. (2009) Diversity and structure of regenerating tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: geographic patterns and environmental drivers. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 959-970.
45. Prior, L.D., Eamus, D. & Bowman, D.M.J.S. (2003) Leaf attributes in the seasonally dry tropics: a comparison of four habitats in northern Australia. Functional Ecology, 17, 504-515.
46. Purves, D. & Pacala, S. (2008) Predictive models of forest dynamics. Science, 320, 1452-1453.
47. Quispel, A. (1988) Hellriegel and Wilfarth's discovery of (symbiotic) nitrogen fixation hundred years ago. Nitrogen Fixation: Hundred Years After (eds H. Bothe, F.J. Debruijn & W.E. Newton), pp. 3-12. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
48. Reich, P.B. & Oleksyn, J. (2004) Global patterns of plant leaf N and P in relation to temperature and latitude. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 101, 11001-11006.
49. Reich, P.B. & Walters, M.B. (1994) Photosynthesis-nitrogen relations in Amazonian tree species, II. Variation in nitrogen vis-a-vis specific leaf area influences mass- and area-based expressions. Oecologia, 97, 73-81.
50. Reich, P.B., Wright, I.J. & Lusk, C.H. (2007) Predicting leaf physiology from simple plant and climate attributes: a global Glopnet analysis. Ecological Applications, 17, 1982-1988.
51. Reich, P.B., Grigal, D.F., Aber, J.D. & Gower, S.T. (1997) Nitrogen mineralization and productivity in tree stands on diverse soils. Ecology, 78, 335-347.
52. Roggy, J.C., Prevost, M.F., Gourbiere, F., Casabianca, H., Garbaye, J. & Domenach, A.M. (1999) Leaf natural 15N abundance and total N concentration as potential indicators of plant N nutrition in legumes and pioneer species in a rain forest of French Guiana. Oecologia, 120, 171-182.
53. Sandquist, D.R. & Cordell, S. (2007) Functional diversity of carbon-gain, water-use, and leaf-allocation traits in trees of a threatened lowland dry forest in Hawaii. American Journal of Botany, 94, 1459-1469.
54. Santiago, L.S. (2007) Extending the leaf economics spectrum to decomposition: evidence from a tropical forest. Ecology, 88, 1126-1131.
55. Smith, T.M., Shugart, H.H. & Woodward, F.I. (eds) (1997) Plant Functional Types: Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
56. Sobrado, M.A. (1991) Cost-benefit relationships in deciduous and evergreen leaves of tropical dry forest species. Functional Ecology, 5, 608-616.
57. Stevens, P.F. (2001) Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, Version 9. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
58. Swenson, N.G. & Enquist, B.J. (2009) Opposing assembly mechanisms in a Neotropical dry forest: implications for phylogenetic and functional community ecology. Ecology, 90, 2161-2170.
59. Townsend, A.R., Cleveland, C.C., Asner, G.P. & Bustamante, M.M.C. (2007) Controls over foliar N:P ratios in tropical rain forests. Ecology, 88, 107-118.
60. Vile, D., Shipley, B. & Garnier, E. (2006) Ecosystem productivity can be predicted from potential relative growth rate and species abundance. Ecology Letters, 9, 1061-1067.
61. Webb, C.O., Ackerly, D.D. & Kembel, S.W. (2008) Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution. Bioinformatics, 24, 2098-2100.
62. Wikstrom, N., Savolainen, V. & Chase, M.W. (2001) Evolution of angiosperms: calibrating the family tree. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 268, 2211-2220.
63. Wright, I.J., Reich, P.B., Westoby, M., Ackerly, D.D., Baruch, Z., Bongers, F., Cavender-Bares, J., Chapin, T., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Diemer, M., Flexas, J., Garnier, E., Groom, P.K., Gulias, J., Hikosaka, K., Lamont, B.B., Lee, T., Lee, W., Lusk, C., Midgley, J.J., Navas, M.L., Niinemets, U., Oleksyn, J., Osada, N., Poorter, H., Poot, P., Prior, L., Pyankov, V.I., Roumet, C., Thomas, S.C., Tjoelker, M.G., Veneklaas, E.J. & Villar, R. (2004) The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Nature, 428, 821-827.
64. Wright, I.J., Reich, P.B., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Falster, D.S., Garnier, E., Hikosaka, K., Lamont, B.B., Lee, W., Oleksyn, J., Osada, N., Poorter, H., Villar, R., Warton, D.I. & Westoby, M. (2005) Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships. New Phytologist, 166, 485-496.
65. Wright, J.P., Naeem, S., Hector, A., Lehman, C., Reich, P.B., Schmid, B. & Tilman, D. (2006) Conventional functional classification schemes underestimate the relationship with ecosystem functioning. Ecology Letters, 9, 111-120.
66. Wright, I.J., Ackerly, D.D., Bongers, F., Harms, K.E., Ibarra-Manriquez, G., Martinez-Ramos, M., Mazer, S.J., Muller-Landau, H.C., Paz, H., Pitman, N., Poorter, L., Silman, M.R., Vriesendorp, C.F., Webb, C.O., Westoby, M. & Wright, S.J. (2007) Relationships among ecologically important dimensions of plant trait variation in seven neotropical forests. Annals of Botany, 99, 1003-1015.