Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography
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Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography. / Iversen, Lars Lønsmann; Girón, Jorge García; Pan, Yingji.
In: Aquatic Botany, Vol. 176, 103454, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography
AU - Iversen, Lars Lønsmann
AU - Girón, Jorge García
AU - Pan, Yingji
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Functional biogeography has advanced the field of functional ecology into a more spatially[sbnd]predictive science. However, freshwater plants are still underrepresented in these trait[sbnd]based advancements. Here, we argue that there is a need for developing a functional biogeographical framework for freshwater plants and initiate global mapping efforts focusing on the form and function of freshwater plants. Specific attention should be given to (1) the placement of freshwater plants in the global plant trait space and show how this placement links to global trait[sbnd]environment relationships; (2) the theoretical framework for major structural trait[sbnd]trait correlations based on the physical constraints in aquatic ecosystems; (3) the evolutionary and environmental drivers underlying the global distribution of inter[sbnd] and intra[sbnd]specific variation in different life forms; and (4) the level of equilibrium between spatial and temporal trait[sbnd]environment relationships in freshwater plants. By putting freshwater plants in the context of these spatial aspects, we could advance our understanding of freshwater plant adaptations and responses to environmental gradients, and thereby facilitate predicting the consequences of global changes for freshwater ecosystem functions and services.
AB - Functional biogeography has advanced the field of functional ecology into a more spatially[sbnd]predictive science. However, freshwater plants are still underrepresented in these trait[sbnd]based advancements. Here, we argue that there is a need for developing a functional biogeographical framework for freshwater plants and initiate global mapping efforts focusing on the form and function of freshwater plants. Specific attention should be given to (1) the placement of freshwater plants in the global plant trait space and show how this placement links to global trait[sbnd]environment relationships; (2) the theoretical framework for major structural trait[sbnd]trait correlations based on the physical constraints in aquatic ecosystems; (3) the evolutionary and environmental drivers underlying the global distribution of inter[sbnd] and intra[sbnd]specific variation in different life forms; and (4) the level of equilibrium between spatial and temporal trait[sbnd]environment relationships in freshwater plants. By putting freshwater plants in the context of these spatial aspects, we could advance our understanding of freshwater plant adaptations and responses to environmental gradients, and thereby facilitate predicting the consequences of global changes for freshwater ecosystem functions and services.
KW - Functional trait
KW - Large scale
KW - Macroecology
KW - Macrophytes
KW - Plant functions
U2 - 10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103454
DO - 10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103454
M3 - Review
AN - SCOPUS:85116713950
VL - 176
JO - Aquatic Botany
JF - Aquatic Botany
SN - 0304-3770
M1 - 103454
ER -
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