Plant subindividual functional diversity and carbon cycling

Mar Sobral

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.09.003

Plant subindividual functional diversity and carbon cycling

Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Dec;28(12):1357-1359. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.09.003. Epub 2023 Sep 27.

Author

Mar Sobral¹

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Electronic address: mar.sobral.bernal@usc.es.

PMID: 37775453
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.09.003

Abstract

Plant subindividual trait variation is a neglected level of functional diversity that contributes to the variation of phenotypes and ecological communities. Disregarding the role of subindividual functional diversity (SFD) in nature may lead to incorrect understanding of spatial and temporal scales of relationships between trait diversity, ecosystem function, and carbon cycling.

Keywords: carbon cycling; functional diversity; subindividual epigenetic variation; subindividual functional diversity; subindividual variation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biodiversity
Carbon
Ecosystem*
Phenotype
Plants*

Substances

Carbon