Temperate Lianas Have More Acquisitive Strategies than Host Trees in Leaf and Stem Traits, but Not Root Traits

Increasingly, tropical studies based on aboveground traits have suggested that lianas have a more acquisitive strategy than trees, thereby possibly explaining the increase in lianas relative to trees in many tropical forests under global change. However, few studies have tested whether this pattern...

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Main Authors: Zhe Zhou, Binzhou Chen, Hongru Zhao, Junjie Yi, Shiqiang Liu, Dan Tie, Jinshi Xu, Shu Hu, Yaoxin Guo, Ming Yue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/24/3543