Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches
Abstract Exploring the alterations in functional traits of urban remnant vegetation offers a more comprehensive perspective on plant assembly within the context of urbanization. While plant functional traits are influenced by both environmental gradients and the evolutionary history of plant species...
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| author | Jingyi Yang Zijin Wang Ying Pan Yanjun Zheng |
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| description | Abstract Exploring the alterations in functional traits of urban remnant vegetation offers a more comprehensive perspective on plant assembly within the context of urbanization. While plant functional traits are influenced by both environmental gradients and the evolutionary history of plant species, the specific mechanisms by which urbanization mediates the combination of functional traits and the evolutionary history of remnant vegetation remain unclear. To examine the relationship between functional traits and phylogenies of remnant vegetation and urbanization, we classified the woody plant species surveyed in 72 sample plots in nine remnant forest patches in Guiyang, China, into four groups (urban, rural, middle and general groups) according to their location under different levels of urbanization and measured nine functional traits of these species. The phylogenetic signals of each functional trait of the four species groups were then quantified based on Blomberg's K. Furthermore, we analysed the correlations between functional traits and species abundance using phylogenetic generalized least squares. The results showed that significant phylogenetic signals were detected in more functional traits of the urban group than other groups. Thirteen and three significant relationships between functional traits and species abundance were detected for tree and shrub species after removing phylogenies. Tall tree species were more abundant in the urban group, while the general group favoured the species with adaptable traits (low height and high leaf area and C/N). Overall, we demonstrate that urbanization drove shifts in plant functional traits in remnant forests after combining the phylogenetic patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52f0f29ac4934dbc93134626241d5bed2023-08-30T06:50:40ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582023-08-01138n/an/a10.1002/ece3.10366Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patchesJingyi Yang0Zijin Wang1Ying Pan2Yanjun Zheng3College of Forestry Guizhou University Guiyang ChinaCollege of Forestry Guizhou University Guiyang ChinaCollege of Forestry Guizhou University Guiyang ChinaCollege of Forestry Guizhou University Guiyang ChinaAbstract Exploring the alterations in functional traits of urban remnant vegetation offers a more comprehensive perspective on plant assembly within the context of urbanization. While plant functional traits are influenced by both environmental gradients and the evolutionary history of plant species, the specific mechanisms by which urbanization mediates the combination of functional traits and the evolutionary history of remnant vegetation remain unclear. To examine the relationship between functional traits and phylogenies of remnant vegetation and urbanization, we classified the woody plant species surveyed in 72 sample plots in nine remnant forest patches in Guiyang, China, into four groups (urban, rural, middle and general groups) according to their location under different levels of urbanization and measured nine functional traits of these species. The phylogenetic signals of each functional trait of the four species groups were then quantified based on Blomberg's K. Furthermore, we analysed the correlations between functional traits and species abundance using phylogenetic generalized least squares. The results showed that significant phylogenetic signals were detected in more functional traits of the urban group than other groups. Thirteen and three significant relationships between functional traits and species abundance were detected for tree and shrub species after removing phylogenies. Tall tree species were more abundant in the urban group, while the general group favoured the species with adaptable traits (low height and high leaf area and C/N). Overall, we demonstrate that urbanization drove shifts in plant functional traits in remnant forests after combining the phylogenetic patterns.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10366functional traitsphylogenetic signalsspecies groupurban remnant forestsurbanizationwoody plants |
| spellingShingle | Jingyi Yang Zijin Wang Ying Pan Yanjun Zheng Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches Ecology and Evolution functional traits phylogenetic signals species group urban remnant forests urbanization woody plants |
| title | Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches |
| title_full | Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches |
| title_fullStr | Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches |
| title_short | Woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches |
| title_sort | woody plant functional traits and phylogenetic signals correlate with urbanization in remnant forest patches |
| topic | functional traits phylogenetic signals species group urban remnant forests urbanization woody plants |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10366 |
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