Publications by authors named "Samuel A Z Schaffer-Morrison"
Plant Environ Interact
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Plant functional traits are important for understanding how different species acquire resources, with separate factors for aboveground (leaves) and belowground (roots) traits, differing from broader trends.
- The study focuses on intraspecific variation within seedlings, which experience high mortality, and aims to uncover the relationship between these seedlings' traits and factors like soil nutrients and light.
- Results indicated that leaf and root traits operate on different axes, highlighting an emerging collaboration axis belowground, and suggest limited links between traits and environmental factors, indicating seedlings face specific constraints that may affect their adaptation to changing conditions.
