Data from: Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species ...

• Main Authors: Read, Quentin D., Moorhead, Leigh C., Swenson, Nathan G., Bailey, Joseph K., Sanders, Nathan J.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2013
• Subjects: Pinus flexilis; Vaccinium myrtillus; Aster tataricus; leaf nitrogen; Polygonum cuspidatum; Aquilegia; Nardus stricta; Quercus guyavifolia; Hippophae rhamnoides; Populus angustifolia; Pinus cembra; Nothofagus antarctica; Quercus aquifolioides; Betula ermanii; Abies faxoniana; Quercus petraea; Pinus canariensus; LMA; Leontopodium leontopodioides; Spiraea prunifolia; Darlingtonia californica; Populus fremontii; Spartocytisus supranubius; Miscanthus; Erysimum scoparium; Metrosideros polymorpha; Picea crassifolia; Quercus liaotungensis; Sorbus commixta; Primula glaucescens; Nothofagus pumilio; Community structure; Geum wilfordii; Picea abies; Fagus sylvatica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4q2f3; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.4q2f3

1.Spatial variation in filters imposed by the abiotic environment causes variation in functional traits within and among plant species. This is abundantly clear for plant species along elevational gradients, where parallel abiotic selection pressures give rise to predictable variation in leaf phenotypes among ecosystems. Understanding the factors responsible for such patterns may provide insight into the current and future drivers of biodiversity, local community structure, and ecosystem function. 2.In order to explore patterns in trait variation along elevational gradients, we conducted a meta-analysis of published observational studies that measured three key leaf functional traits that are associated with axes of variation in both resource competition and stress tolerance: leaf mass:area ratio (LMA), leaf nitrogen content per unit mass (Nmass), and N content per unit area (Narea). To examine whether there may be evidence for a genetic basis underlying the trait variation, we conducted a review of ... : Summary data for leaf N studies in meta-analysisThis file contains summary information and calculated effect sizes extracted from studies that measured leaf Nmass and/or Narea along an elevational gradient. Column titles: study, author and year published, see online appendix S1; r, untransformed correlation coefficient (effect size); n. sites, number of sites sampled; indiv.per.site, number of plants sampled per site; n. indiv., total number of plants sampled; n. reg., n used for the regression where r was estimated; by.mass.or.area, which of Nmass or Narea was measured; within.or.among, whether interspecific or intraspecific variation was sampled; pft, plant functional type; biome, which of temperate/tropical/boreal; grad.min, minimum elevation; grad.max, maximum elevation; lat.mean, mean latitude; species, 1 or more species measured; details, notes if necessary.leafn3.csvSummary data for LMA studies in meta-analysisThis file contains summary information and calculated effect sizes extracted from studies ...