Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees

Michal Bogdziewicz; Marie‐claire Aravena Acuña; Robert Andrus; Davide Ascoli; Yves Bergeron; Daniel Berveiller; Thomas Boivin; Raul Bonal; Thomas Caignard; Maxime Cailleret; Rafael Calama; Sergio Donoso Calderon; J. Julio Camarero; Chia‐hao Chang-Yang; Jérôme Chave; Francesco Chianucci; Natalie Cleavitt; Benoit Courbaud; Andrea Cutini; Thomas Curt; Adrian J. Das; Hendrik Davi; Nicolas Delpierre; Sylvain Delzon; Michael Dietze; Laurent Dormont; William Farfan-Rios; Catherine Gehring; Gregory Gilbert; Georg Gratzer; Cathryn Greenberg; Arthur Guignabert; Qinfeng Guo; Andrew Hacket-Pain; Arndt Hampe; Qingmin Han; Kazuhiko Hoshizaki; Ines Ibanez; Jill Johnstone; Valentin Journé; Thomas Kitzberger; Johannes Knops; Georges Kunstler; Richard Kobe; Jonathan Lageard; Jalene Lamontagne; Mateusz Ledwon; Theodor Leininger; Jean‐marc Limousin; James Lutz; Diana Macias; Anders Marell; Eliot Mcintire; Emily Moran; Renzo Motta; Jonathan A. Myers; Thomas Nagel; Shoji Naoe; Mahoko Noguchi; Michio Oguro; Hiroko Kurokawa; Jean‐marc Ourcival; Robert Parmenter; Ignacio Perez-Ramos; Lukasz Piechnik; Tomasz Podgórski; John Poulsen; Tong Qiu; Miranda Redmond; Chantal Reid; Kyle Rodman; Pavel Šamonil; C. Lane Scher; Jan Holik; Harald Schmidt van Marle; Barbara Seget; Mitsue Shibata; Shubhi Sharma; Miles Silman; Michael Steele; I‐fang Sun; Jacob Straub; Samantha Sutton; Jennifer J. Swenson; Thomas Veblen; Peter Thomas; Maria Uriarte; Giorgio Vacchiano; Boyd Wright; S. Joseph Wright; Thomas Whitham; Jess Zimmerman; Kai Zhu; Magdalna Zywiec; James Clark

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Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees

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Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees

Michal Bogdziewicz, Marie‐claire Aravena Acuña, Robert Andrus, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Daniel Berveiller, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Maxime Cailleret, …

Global Ecology and Biogeography, pp.1-23

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13652

Abstract

Fecundity

tree recruitment

functional traits

leaf economics

life history strategies

size syndrome

Aim Our understanding of the mechanisms that maintain forest diversity under changing climate can benefit from knowledge about traits that are closely linked to fitness. We tested whether the link between traits and seed number and seed size is consistent with two hypotheses, termed the leaf economics spectrum and the plant size syndrome, or whether reproduction represents an independent dimension related to a seed size-seed number trade-off.Location Most of the data come from Europe, North and Central America and East Asia. A minority of the data come from South America, Africa and Australia.Time period 1960-2022.Major taxa studied Trees.Methods We gathered 12 million observations of the number of seeds produced in 784 tree species. We estimated the number of seeds produced by individual trees and scaled it up to the species level. Next, we used principal components analysis and generalized joint attribute modelling (GJAM) to map seed number and size on the tree traits spectrum.Results Incorporating seed size and number into trait analysis while controlling for environment and phylogeny with GJAM exposes relationships in trees that might otherwise remain hidden. Production of the large total biomass of seeds [product of seed number and seed size; hereafter, species seed productivity (SSP)] is associated with high leaf area, low foliar nitrogen, low specific leaf area (SLA) and dense wood. Production of high seed numbers is associated with small seeds produced by nutrient-demanding species with softwood, small leaves and high SLA. Trait covariation is consistent with opposing strategies: one fast-growing, early successional, with high dispersal, and the other slow-growing, stress-tolerant, that recruit in shaded conditions.Main conclusions Earth system models currently assume that reproductive allocation is indifferent among plant functional types. Easily measurable seed size is a strong predictor of the seed number and species seed productivity. The connection of SSP with the functional traits can form the first basis of improved fecundity prediction across global forests.

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Title: Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees
Creators - without role: Michal Bogdziewicz - Laboratoire des EcoSystèmes et des Sociétés en Montagne
Marie‐claire Aravena Acuña - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Robert Andrus - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Davide Ascoli - University of Turin
Yves Bergeron - Université du Québec à Montréal
Daniel Berveiller - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
Thomas Boivin - Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Raul Bonal - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Thomas Caignard - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Maxime Cailleret - Aix-Marseille Université
Rafael Calama - Instituto de Ciencias Forestales
Sergio Donoso Calderon - University of Chile
J. Julio Camarero - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Chia‐hao Chang-Yang - National Sun Yat-sen University
Jérôme Chave - Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Francesco Chianucci - Forestry Research Centre
Natalie Cleavitt - Cornell University
Benoit Courbaud - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Andrea Cutini - Forestry Research Centre
Thomas Curt - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Adrian J. Das - Western Ecological Research Center
Hendrik Davi - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Nicolas Delpierre - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
Sylvain Delzon - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Michael Dietze - Boston University
Laurent Dormont - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
William Farfan-Rios - Missouri Botanical Garden
Catherine Gehring - Northern Arizona University
Gregory Gilbert - University of California, Santa Cruz
Georg Gratzer - BOKU University
Cathryn Greenberg - US Forest Service
Arthur Guignabert - École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux-Aquitaine
Qinfeng Guo - Southern Research Station
Andrew Hacket-Pain - University of Liverpool
Arndt Hampe - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Qingmin Han - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Kazuhiko Hoshizaki - Akita Prefectural University
Ines Ibanez - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jill Johnstone - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Valentin Journé - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Thomas Kitzberger - National University of Comahue
Johannes Knops - Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Georges Kunstler - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Richard Kobe - Michigan State University
Jonathan Lageard - Manchester Metropolitan University
Jalene Lamontagne - DePaul University
Mateusz Ledwon - Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Theodor Leininger - Southern Research Station
Jean‐marc Limousin - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
James Lutz - Utah State University
Diana Macias - University of New Mexico
Anders Marell - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Eliot Mcintire - University of British Columbia
Emily Moran - University of California, Merced
Renzo Motta - University of Turin
Jonathan A. Myers - Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas Nagel - University of Ljubljana
Shoji Naoe - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Mahoko Noguchi - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Michio Oguro - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Hiroko Kurokawa - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Jean‐marc Ourcival - Utah State University
Robert Parmenter - National Park Service
Ignacio Perez-Ramos - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla
Lukasz Piechnik - Polish Academy of Sciences
Tomasz Podgórski - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
John Poulsen - Duke University
Tong Qiu - Pennsylvania State University
Miranda Redmond - Colorado State University
Chantal Reid - Duke University
Kyle Rodman - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Pavel Šamonil - Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening
C. Lane Scher - Duke University
Jan Holik - Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening
Harald Schmidt van Marle - University of Chile
Barbara Seget - Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany
Mitsue Shibata - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Shubhi Sharma - Yale University
Miles Silman - Wake Forest University
Michael Steele - Wilkes University
I‐fang Sun - National Dong Hwa University
Jacob Straub - SUNY Brockport
Samantha Sutton - Duke University
Jennifer J. Swenson - Duke University
Thomas Veblen - University of Colorado Boulder
Peter Thomas - Keele University
Maria Uriarte - Columbia University
Giorgio Vacchiano - University of Milan
Boyd Wright - University of New England
S. Joseph Wright - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Thomas Whitham - Northern Arizona University
Jess Zimmerman - University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Kai Zhu - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Magdalna Zywiec - W. Szafer Institute of Botany
James Clark - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Publication Details: Global Ecology and Biogeography, pp.1-23
Grant note: - Alabama Space Grant Consortium AIST16-0052 AIST18-0063 - Belmont Forum1854976- Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA)PPN/BEK/2020/1/00009/U/00001- National Science Centre, Poland2019/35/D/NZ8/00050- National Science Foundation (NSF)DEB- 1754443
Identifiers: 9934771309311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-04032674