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A research agenda for seed‐trait functional ecology

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Saatkamp, Arne, Cochrane, Anne, Commander, Lucy, Guja, Lydia K., Jimenez‐Alfaro, Borja, Larson, Julie, Nicotra, Adrienne, Poschlod, Peter, Silveira, Fernando A. O., Cross, Adam T., Dalziell, Emma L., Dickie, John, Erickson, Todd E., Fidelis, Alessandra, Fuchs, Anne, Golos, Peter J., Hope, Michael, Lewandrowski, Wolfgang, Merritt, David J., Miller, Ben P., Miller, Russell G., Offord, Catherine A., Ooi, Mark K. J., Satyanti, Annisa, Sommerville, Karen D., Tangney, Ryan, Tomlinson, Sean, Turner, Shane, Walck, Jeffrey L.·2019·New Phytologist
DOI 10.1111/nph.15502
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Summary: Trait‐based approaches have improved our understanding of plant evolution, community assembly and ecosystem functioning. A major challenge for the upcoming decades is to understand the functions and evolution of early life‐history traits, across levels of organization and ecological strategies. Although a variety of seed traits are critical for dispersal, persistence, germination timing and seedling establishment, only seed mass has been considered systematically. Here we suggest broadening the range of morphological, physiological and biochemical seed traits to add new understanding on plant niches, population dynamics and community assembly. The diversity of seed traits and functions provides an important challenge that will require international collaboration in three areas of research. First, we present a conceptual framework for a seed ecological spectrum that builds upon current understanding of plant niches. We then lay the foundation for a seed‐trait functional network, the establishment of which will underpin and facilitate trait‐based inferences. Finally, we anticipate novel insights and challenges associated with incorporating diverse seed traits into predictive evolutionary ecology, community ecology and applied ecology. If the community invests in standardized seed‐trait collection and the implementation of rigorous databases, major strides can be made at this exciting frontier of functional ecology.

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Authors
Saatkamp, A., Cochrane, A., Commander, L., Guja, L. K., Jimenez‐Alfaro, B., Larson, J., Nicotra, A., Poschlod, P., Silveira, F. A. O., Cross, A. T., Dalziell, E. L., Dickie, J., Erickson, T. E., Fidelis, A., Fuchs, A., Golos, P. J., Hope, M., Lewandrowski, W., Merritt, D. J., Miller, B. P., Miller, R. G., Offord, C. A., Ooi, M. K. J., Satyanti, A., Sommerville, K. D., Tangney, R., Tomlinson, S., Turner, S., & Walck, J. L.
Venue
New Phytologist
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-10-25
Volume
221
Issue
4
Pages
1764-1775
ISSN
  • 0028-646X (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8137
DOI
10.1111/nph.15502
OpenAlex
W2893178637
Cited by
403
References
99
FWCI
18.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
hybrid
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Funders
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (R‐90470‐01)

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Saatkamp, A., Cochrane, A., Commander, L., Guja, L. K., Jimenez‐Alfaro, B., Larson, J., Nicotra, A., Poschlod, P., Silveira, F. A. O., Cross, A. T., Dalziell, E. L., Dickie, J., Erickson, T. E., Fidelis, A., Fuchs, A., Golos, P. J., Hope, M., Lewandrowski, W., Merritt, D. J., . . . Walck, J. L. (2019). A research agenda for seed‐trait functional ecology. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15502

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