Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within plant functional types? A Bayesian multivariate trait meta-analysis
A. N. Shiklomanov, E. M. Cowdery, M. Bahn, C. Byun, S. Jansen, K. Kramer, V. Minden, U. Niinemets, Y. Onoda, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, M. C. Dietze
The paper examines if leaf economic relationships exist within plant functional types using a Bayesian multivariate model and finds they are generally consistent but vary in strength across types.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2018Ecology