NDLI: Within-species correlations in leaf traits of three boreal plant species along a latitudinal gradient

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Author	Pensa, Margus Karu, Helen Luud, Aarne Kund, Kristel
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Evergreen boreal plant species express high variability in their leaf traits. It remains controversial whether this within-species variability is constrained to the same leaf trait relationships as has been observed across species. We sampled leaves of three boreal evergreen woody species along a latitudinal gradient (from 57º56′N to 69º55′N). Leaf longevity (LL) of Pinus sylvestris L. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. correlated negatively with mean annual air temperature (MAT), whereas the LL of Ledum palustre L. was not affected by MAT. V. vitis-idaea and L. palustre had a negative relationship between leaf mass per area (LMA) and MAT. In P. sylvestris, the LMA–MAT relationship was positive. A negative correlation between LL and LMA was significant only for P. sylvestris. Leaf nitrogen concentration was positively related to leaf phosphorus concentration in all three species. Leaf potassium concentration was related to nitrogen concentration only in L. palustre, and to phosphorus concentration in P. sylvestris and L. palustre. Our results demonstrate that although within the studied species the variation in some of the leaf traits may have the same degree as interspecific variation, there is no such intercorrelation of leaf traits within the studied species as has been observed across species.
Starting Page	155
Ending Page	166
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13850237
Journal	Plant Ecology
Volume Number	208
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15735052
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-11-25
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Boreal forest Evergreen plants Leaf traits Nutrients Temperature Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Plant Science

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