Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas

Plants require a number of essential elements in different proportions for ensuring their growth and development. The elemental concentrations in leaves reflect the functions and adaptations of plants under specific environmental conditions. However, less is known about how the spectrum of leaf elem...

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Autores: Dyola, Nita|||0000-0003-2433-856X, Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264, Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150, Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922, Sigdel, Shalik Ram|||0000-0003-0176-5382, Aryal, Sugam|||0000-0002-5041-0644, Lin, Wentao, Liu, Xiang, Liu, Yongwen, Xu, Xingliang|||0000-0003-2869-4932, Rossi, Sergio|||0000-0002-9919-0494
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Ecosystem function
Elevational gradient
Functional diversity
Functional traits
Leaf elements
Niche complementarity
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spelling Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the HimalayasDyola, Nita|||0000-0003-2433-856XLiang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922Sigdel, Shalik Ram|||0000-0003-0176-5382Aryal, Sugam|||0000-0002-5041-0644Lin, WentaoLiu, XiangLiu, YongwenXu, Xingliang|||0000-0003-2869-4932Rossi, Sergio|||0000-0002-9919-0494Ecosystem functionElevational gradientFunctional diversityFunctional traitsLeaf elementsNiche complementarityPlants require a number of essential elements in different proportions for ensuring their growth and development. The elemental concentrations in leaves reflect the functions and adaptations of plants under specific environmental conditions. However, less is known about how the spectrum of leaf elements associated with resource acquisition, photosynthesis and growth regulates forest biomass along broad elevational gradients. We examined the influence of leaf element distribution and diversity on forest biomass by analyzing ten elements (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe, Cu, and Mn) in tree communities situated every 100 meters along an extensive elevation gradient, ranging from the tropical forest (80 meters above sea level) to the alpine treeline (4200 meters above sea level) in the Kangchenjunga Landscape in eastern Nepal Himalayas. We calculated community-weighted averages (reflecting dominant traits governing biomass, i.e., mass-ratio effect) and functional divergence (reflecting increased trait variety, i.e., complementarity effect) for leaf elements in a total of 1,859 trees representing 116 species. An increasing mass-ratio effect and decreasing complementarity in leaf elements enhance forest biomass accumulation. A combination of elements together with elevation explains biomass (52.2% of the variance) better than individual elemental trait diversity (0.05% to 21% of the variance). Elevation modulates trait diversity among plant species in biomass accumulation. Complementarity promotes biomass at lower elevations, but reduces biomass at higher elevations, demonstrating an interaction between elevation and complementarity. The interaction between elevation and mass-ratio effect produces heterogeneous effects on biomass along the elevation gradient. Our research indicates that biomass accumulation can be disproportionately affected by elevation due to interactions among trait diversities across vegetation zones. While higher trait variation enhances the adaptation of species to environmental changes, it reduces biomass accumulation, especially at higher elevations. 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/291531https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11430-023-1271-4reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 TED2021-132627B-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2019-110521GB-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RTI2018-096884-B-C31Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2017/SGR-1005open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2915312026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
title Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
spellingShingle Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
Dyola, Nita|||0000-0003-2433-856X
Ecosystem function
Elevational gradient
Functional diversity
Functional traits
Leaf elements
Niche complementarity
title_short Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
title_full Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
title_fullStr Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
title_full_unstemmed Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
title_sort Linking leaf elemental traits to biomass across forest biomes in the Himalayas
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dyola, Nita|||0000-0003-2433-856X
Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Sigdel, Shalik Ram|||0000-0003-0176-5382
Aryal, Sugam|||0000-0002-5041-0644
Lin, Wentao
Liu, Xiang
Liu, Yongwen
Xu, Xingliang|||0000-0003-2869-4932
Rossi, Sergio|||0000-0002-9919-0494
author Dyola, Nita|||0000-0003-2433-856X
author_facet Dyola, Nita|||0000-0003-2433-856X
Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Sigdel, Shalik Ram|||0000-0003-0176-5382
Aryal, Sugam|||0000-0002-5041-0644
Lin, Wentao
Liu, Xiang
Liu, Yongwen
Xu, Xingliang|||0000-0003-2869-4932
Rossi, Sergio|||0000-0002-9919-0494
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author2 Liang, Eryuan|||0000-0002-8003-4264
Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Camarero, Jesús Julio|||0000-0003-2436-2922
Sigdel, Shalik Ram|||0000-0003-0176-5382
Aryal, Sugam|||0000-0002-5041-0644
Lin, Wentao
Liu, Xiang
Liu, Yongwen
Xu, Xingliang|||0000-0003-2869-4932
Rossi, Sergio|||0000-0002-9919-0494
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecosystem function
Elevational gradient
Functional diversity
Functional traits
Leaf elements
Niche complementarity
topic Ecosystem function
Elevational gradient
Functional diversity
Functional traits
Leaf elements
Niche complementarity
description Plants require a number of essential elements in different proportions for ensuring their growth and development. The elemental concentrations in leaves reflect the functions and adaptations of plants under specific environmental conditions. However, less is known about how the spectrum of leaf elements associated with resource acquisition, photosynthesis and growth regulates forest biomass along broad elevational gradients. We examined the influence of leaf element distribution and diversity on forest biomass by analyzing ten elements (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe, Cu, and Mn) in tree communities situated every 100 meters along an extensive elevation gradient, ranging from the tropical forest (80 meters above sea level) to the alpine treeline (4200 meters above sea level) in the Kangchenjunga Landscape in eastern Nepal Himalayas. We calculated community-weighted averages (reflecting dominant traits governing biomass, i.e., mass-ratio effect) and functional divergence (reflecting increased trait variety, i.e., complementarity effect) for leaf elements in a total of 1,859 trees representing 116 species. An increasing mass-ratio effect and decreasing complementarity in leaf elements enhance forest biomass accumulation. A combination of elements together with elevation explains biomass (52.2% of the variance) better than individual elemental trait diversity (0.05% to 21% of the variance). Elevation modulates trait diversity among plant species in biomass accumulation. Complementarity promotes biomass at lower elevations, but reduces biomass at higher elevations, demonstrating an interaction between elevation and complementarity. The interaction between elevation and mass-ratio effect produces heterogeneous effects on biomass along the elevation gradient. Our research indicates that biomass accumulation can be disproportionately affected by elevation due to interactions among trait diversities across vegetation zones. While higher trait variation enhances the adaptation of species to environmental changes, it reduces biomass accumulation, especially at higher elevations.
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