Adaptations to the stressful combination of serpentine soils and Mediterranean climate drive plant functional groups and trait richness

Adaptations to the stressful combination of serpentine soils and Mediterranean climate drive plant functional groups and trait richness

IntroductionPlant functional traits (FTs) are important for understanding plant ecological strategies (e.g., drought avoidance), especially in the nutrient-poor soils of serpentine ecosystems. In the Mediterranean areas, such ecosystems are characterized by climatic factors (e.g., summer drought) th...

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Main Authors: Noelia Hidalgo-Triana, Andrés V. Pérez-Latorre, Aristide Cossi Adomou, Michael Rudner, James H. Thorne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
ultramafic vegetation
functional traits
functional groups
adaptations
Mediterranean climate
serpentinophytes
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1040839/full

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