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Potential Metabolic Activity, Catalase Activity, Performance traits and Morphological variables of 94 individuals belonging to Podarcis muralis species used in the analysis

<p>Potential Metabolic Activity (ETS26_P, ETS31_P, ETS36_P), Catalase Activity (CAT_P), Performance traits (BITE, SPRINT,CLIMB, MANO) and Morphological variables (snout-vent length (SVL), trunk length (TRL), pileus length (PL), head length (HL), head width (HW), head height (HH), fore limb length (FLL) and hind limb length (HLL) of 94 individuals belonging to <em>Podarcis muralis</em> species. The data was used in the analysis of the paper entitled: Is It Function or Fashion? An Integrative Analysis of Morphology, Performance, and Metabolism in a Colour Polymorphic Lizard, by authors Ver&oacute;nica Gomes, Anamarija Žagar, Guillem P&eacute;rez i de Lanuza, Tatjana Simčič and Miguel A. Carretero, published in the journal Diversity 2022, 14, 116. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/d14020116">https://doi.org/10.3390/d14020116</a></p>

opencc-by-4.0Feb 2022View details →
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Maternal and genetic correlations between morphology and physical performance traits in a small captive primate, Microcebus murinus

<p>Physical performance traits are key components of fitness and direct targets of selection. Maternal effects are important components of integrated phenotypes in a variety of species. Yet their contribution to variation in performance, and phenotypes closely associated with performance, remains poorly understood. We used an animal model approach to quantify the contribution of maternal effects to performance trait variation (in bite force and pull strength) and the relationships between performance and the relevant underlying morphology in <i>Microcebus murinus</i>. We show that bite force is heritable (h<sup>2</sup>~0.23), and that maternal effects are also important source of variation, resulting in a medium inclusive heritability (IH<sup>2</sup>~0.47). Grip strength presented a rather low and non-significant narrow-sense heritability suggesting a higher selective pressure on this trait. Genetic correlations between performance traits and their associated morphometric traits were significant and high (0.47 bite force-head width; 0.48 grip strength-radius length), as was the maternal correlation for bite force-head width (0.75). Further studies evaluating the heritability of performance for other taxa and the role of maternal effects are badly needed to better understand the drivers of variation in performance ultimately allowing for a better understanding of the importance of these types of traits in an evolutionary context.</p>

opencc-zeroDec 2020View details →
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Thermal performance of Aedes sierrensis life history traits for populations collected across the species range

<p>How mosquitoes may respond to rapid climate warming remains unknown for most species, but will have major consequences for their future distributions, with cascading impacts on human well-being, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. We investigated the adaptive potential of a wide-ranging mosquito species, <em>Aedes sierrensis</em>, across a large climatic gradient by conducting a common garden experiment measuring the thermal limits of mosquito life history traits. Although field-collected populations originated from vastly different thermal environments that spanned over 1,200 km, we found limited variation in upper thermal tolerance between populations. In particular, the upper thermal limits of all life history traits varied by &lt;3°C across the species range and, for most traits, did not differ significantly between populations. For one life history trait—pupal development rate—we did detect significant variation in upper thermal limits between populations, and this variation was strongly correlated with source temperatures, providing evidence of local thermal adaptation for pupal development.  However, we found that maximum environmental temperatures across most of the species' range already regularly exceed the highest upper thermal limits estimated under constant temperatures. This result suggests that strategies for coping with and/or avoiding thermal extremes are likely key components of current and future mosquito thermal tolerance.</p>

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Group-level trait and individual performance: the impact of in-nest activity on food recruitment in ants

<p>Dataset, R and Python scripts corresponding to the results displayed in the article "Group-level trait and individual performance: the impact of in-nest activity on food recruitment in ants".</p> <p>R script works in pair with all three .csv files.</p> <p>.txt files are example of output generated by the Python script that analyses a worker's path inside the nest.</p> <p>3 videos from the experiment are also available. They allow visualization of the setup as well as testing of Python scripts.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Apr 2024View details →
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Agronomic performance of cultivar mixtures and pure stands of 8 winter wheat varieties, obtained from mixture field trials in Switzerland from 2021 to 2023, together with associated functional traits measurements

<p>This dataset contains agronomic performance data for 8 Swiss winter wheat cultivars,&nbsp;grown in pure stands and in mixtures at 3 locations in Switzerland during 3 growing seasons (2021-2023). The dataset has been used to analyse the effects of cultivar mixtures on agronomic performance and stability, which is published in <a title="Persistent link using digital object identifier" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127504" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127504</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The dataset contains notably grain yield, protein content, thousand kernel weight, specific weight, and Zeleny sedimentation value, as well as functional traits measured at flowering for each mixture and pure stand plot.&nbsp;</p> <p>The field trials were performed under the Swiss Extenso (low input) conditions, conducted by Agroscope and DSP.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Methods&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;<em>Field trials&nbsp;</em></p> <div>Field trials were set up over the course of three growing seasons &ndash; 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 &ndash; in three sites across the Swiss Central Plateau. The experimental sites were located in Changins (46&deg;19&prime; N 6&deg;14&prime; E, 455m a.s.l), Delley (46&deg;55&prime; N 6&deg;58&prime; E, 494m a.s.l) and Utzenstorf (47&deg;97&prime; N 7&deg;33&prime; E, 483m a.s.l.).&nbsp;</div> <div>Experimental communities consisted of pure stand plots, 2-cultivars mixtures, and one plot with the 8 cultivars mixed. We sowed every possible combination of 2-cultivar mixtures, amounting to a total of 28 2-cultivar mixtures treatments, to which we added the 8-cultivar mixture. Each community was grown in a plot of 7.1 m<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;(1.5m&lowast;4.7m). We used a complete randomized block design, with 3 replicates, the plots being randomized at each site within each block. Sowing was performed with a small plot drill (Wintersteiger plotseed TC). Density of sowing was 350 viable seeds/m<sup>2</sup>. For the mixtures, seeds were mixed beforehand at a 2 &times; 50 % mass ratio for 2-cultivars mixtures and 8 &times; 12.5 % for the 8-cultivar mixture. We chose this method of mixing as this is what is commonly done by farmers in Switzerland. Plots were sowed mechanically each autumn and fertilized with ammonium nitrate at a rate of 140&nbsp;N/ha in 3 applications (40&nbsp;N/ha at tillering stage/BBCH 22&ndash;29; 60&nbsp;N/ha at the beginning of stem elongation/BBCH 30&ndash;31; 40&nbsp;N/ha at booting stage/BBCH 45&ndash;47). The trials were grown according to the Swiss&nbsp;<em>Extenso</em>&nbsp;scheme, i.e. without any fungicide, insecticide, and growth regulator. Weeds were regulated twice or thrice per season with the application of herbicides commonly used in Switzerland.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>Ear density</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Before harvest, we manually harvested horizontal bands of 1.5 &times; 0.3 square meters per plot. The location of the band was randomly chosen but we avoided plot edges (i.e. the band was located at more than 0.5 m from the lower and upper edge of each plot). We counted the heads, and obtained ear density from the head counts.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>Trait measurements&nbsp;</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>At flowering time, we randomly sampled 6 healthy leaves per plot. We immediately wrapped this leaf in moist cotton; this was stored overnight at room temperature in open plastic bags. The following day, we removed excess surface water on the leaf and weighted it to obtain its water saturated weight. This leaf was then scanned with a flatbed scanner (Perfection V39II, Epson), oven-dried in a paper envelope at 80&deg;C for 72 hours, and subsequently weighed again to obtain its dry weight. Leaf Dry Matter Content (LDMC) was calculated as the ratio of leaf dry mass (g) to water saturated leaf mass (g). Using the leaf scans, we measured leaf area with the image processing software ImageJ. Specific Leaf Area (SLA) was calculated as the ratio of leaf area (cm2) to leaf dry mass (g).</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>Phenology and height&nbsp;</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>For each plot, we recorded the heading date as the day of the year, in which 50 % of the ears of the plot had fully emerged from the flag leaf. Plant height was measured in each plot at BBCH 59&ndash;75, by taking the average height in centimeters from the ground to the top of five random ears, excluding awns.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <p><em>Harvest and post harvest measurements</em></p> <p>At maturity, we harvested each plot with a combine harvester (Z&uuml;rn 150, Schontal-Westernhausen, Switzerland). The harvested grains were dried when needed, weighed a first time, then sorted and cleaned by air and with a sieve cleaner, and subsequently weighted again. We measured hectoliter weight (test weight, HLW, kg/hl) and water content at the plot level using a Dickey-John machine (GAC 2100). Grain yield was subsequently standardized to 15 % of humidity. Protein content (% of dry matter) was measured at the site level with a near-infrared instrument (ProxiMate&trade;, B&uuml;chi instruments). Thousand kernel weight (TKW, g) was measured at the plot level with a Marvin seed analyzer (GTA Sensorik, Neubrandenburg, Germany). Zeleny sedimentation value was measured by the laboratory of Delley Seeds and Plants.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2024View details →
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Data for: Traits help explain species' performance away from their climate niche centre

<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Aim: </span></em><span>Climate change impacts on biota are variable across sites, among species, and throughout individual species' ranges. Niche theory predicts that population performance should decline as site climate becomes increasingly different from the species' climate niche centre, though studies find significant variation from these predictions. Here, we propose that predictions about climate responses can be improved by incorporating species' trait information. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Location:</span></em><span> Europe</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Methods: </span></em><span>We used observations of plant species abundance change over time to assess variation in climate difference sensitivity (CDS), defined as how species performance (colonization, extinction, and abundance change) relates to the difference of site climate from the mean temperature and precipitation of each species' range. We then investigated if leaf economics, plant size, and seed mass traits were associated with the species' climate difference sensitivity.  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em><span>Results:</span></em><span> Species that performed better (e.g., increased in abundance) towards sites progressively cooler than their niche centre were shorter and had more resource-acquisitive leaves (i.e., lower leaf dry matter content or LDMC) relative to species with zero or the opposite pattern of temperature difference sensitivity. This result supports the hypothesis that if sites cooler than niche centre are more stressful for a species, then shorter stature is advantageous compared to taller species. The LDMC result suggests the environment selects for more resource-acquisitive leaf strategies towards relatively cooler climates with shorter growing seasons, counter to expectations that conservative strategies would be favoured in such environments. We found few consistent relationships between precipitation difference sensitivities and traits. </span></p> <p><em><span>Main conclusions: </span></em><span>The results supported key <em>a priori </em>foundations on how trait-based plant strategies dictate species responses to climate variation away from their niche centre. Further, plant height emerged as the most</span><span> consistent trait that varied with species climate difference sensitivity, suggesting height will be key for theory development around species response to climate change. </span></p>

opencc-zeroMay 2023View details →
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Functional traits of young seedlings predict trade-offs in seedling performance in three neotropical forests

<ol> <li>Understanding the mechanisms that promote the coexistence of hundreds of species over small areas in tropical forest remains a challenge. Many tropical tree species are presumed to be functionally equivalent shade-tolerant species that differ in performance trade-offs between survival in shade and the ability to quickly grow in sunlight.</li> <li>Variation in plant functional traits related to resource acquisition is thought to predict variation in performance among species, perhaps explaining community assembly across habitats with gradients in resource availability. Many studies have found low predictive power, however, when linking trait measurements to species demographic rates.</li> <li>Seedlings face different challenges recruiting on the forest floor and may exhibit different traits and/or performance trade-offs than older individuals face in the eventual adult niche. Seed mass is the typical proxy for seedling success, but species also differ in cotyledon strategy (reserve vs photosynthetic) or other seedling traits. These can cause species with the same average seed mass to have divergent performance in the same habitat.</li> <li>We combined long-term studies of seedling dynamics with functional trait data collected at a standard developmental stage in three diverse neotropical forests to ask whether variation in coordinated suites of traits predicts variation among species in demographic performance.</li> <li>Across hundreds of species in Ecuador, Panama, and Puerto Rico, we found seedlings displayed correlated suites of leaf, stem, and root traits, which strongly correlated with seed mass and cotyledon strategy. Variation among species in seedling functional traits, seed mass, and cotyledon strategy were strong predictors of trade-offs in seedling growth and survival.</li> <li>Our findings highlight the importance of cotyledon strategy in addition to seed mass as a key component of seed and seedling biology. These results also underscore the importance of matching the ontogenetic stage of the trait measurement to the stage of demographic dynamics.</li> <li> <em>Synthesis</em>: With strikingly consistent patterns across three tropical forests, we find strong evidence for the promise of functional traits to provide mechanistic links between seedling form and demographic performance. </li> </ol>

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Functional traits of young seedlings predict trade-offs in seedling performance in three neotropical forests

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Maternal and genetic correlations between morphology and physical performance traits in a small captive primate, Microcebus murinus

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Data for: Traits help explain species’ performance away from their climate niche centre

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Thermal performance of Aedes sierrensis life history traits for populations collected across the species range

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Sex-specific variation in thermal sensitivity has multiple negative effects on reproductive trait performance

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Impact of light intensity on sugar maple leaf physical traits and consequences for caterpillar preference and performance

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Data from: Along with intraspecific functional trait variation, individual performance is key to resolving community assembly processes

<ol> <li>Species contributing high proportions to community biomass strongly influence ecosystem processes within the community. Studies have shown that dominant species may serve as nurse plants, helping to ensure biomass stability of the subordinate species under stress conditions. The question is widely debated as to whether either niche differentiation or neutral processes drive the net outcome of plant interactions within a subordinate plant community. To answer this question, requires precise estimates of individual variation in functional traits and performance.</li> <li>In a five-year mesocosm experiment, the functional responses of a subordinate plant community to the removal of the dominant species were evaluated across two drought-stress scenarios. Small scale (i.e., large pots) wetland communities were constructed comprising one dominant species (Carex elata) and three subordinate species. Removal of the dominant species allowed evaluation of the net effects of drought and interspecific interactions. We estimated the functional divergences for three traits (specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content and height growth allocation) and compared these with performance differences quantified individually. This enabled distinctions to be made between deterministic (i.e., niche differentiation) and neutral processes driving the drought response of the subordinate community.</li> <li>We showed that the dominant species decreased relative performance differences within the subordinate plant community under conditions of permanent drought stress. These changes were associated with the convergence of traits related to resource acquisition and growth. The dominant species equalised species performance differences by supressing relatively drought-tolerant species with low competitive ability and by supporting the less drought-tolerant species with relatively high competitive ability. Meanwhile, under conditions of interannual drought, the subordinate species likely coexisted due to differentiation in resource-use strategies and the interaction with the dominant species.</li> <li>Inclusion of individual variation in performance with a functional trait approach provides valuable insights into the processes structuring plant communities. Ours is the first study to provide evidence that subordinate species exposed to drought may coexist via neutral processes arising from their interactions with the dominant species, leading to functional convergence of traits associated with the trade-off between stress tolerance and competitive ability.</li> </ol>

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Colorful traits in avian females, individual condition, reproductive performance, and male mate preferences: A meta-analytic approach

<p>Colorful ornaments in females are suggested to have evolved and be maintained by sexual selection. Although several studies have evaluated this idea evidence is still equivocal. Results from empirical studies have been compilated in reviews, but quantitative analyses have seldom been performed. Here, using a meta-analytic approach, we show that evidence from empirical studies conducted in birds, supports the ideas that colorful female ornaments are positively associated with individual condition, reproductive performance, and male-mate preferences. Hence, females' colorful traits, in birds, likely evolved and are maintained by sexual selection.</p>

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Performances (survival and growth) and functional traits of tree seedlings along light and water gradients

<p>A foundational assumption of trait-based ecology is that individual performances should be predicted by its functional traits. However, the trait-performance relationships reported in literature were typically weak, probably due to the ignorance of interactions between traits and environments, intraspecific trait variability and hard traits (directly linked to physiological processes of interest). We conducted an experiment of planting 900 seedlings of six tree species separately (one seedling per pot) along experimentally manipulated light and water gradients, monitored their survival and growth, and measured their morphological, photosynthetic and hydraulic traits. Most trait-performance relationships depended on the environments, either marginally changing (weak trait × environment interaction) or even reversing (strong trait × environment interaction) along light or water gradients in our experiment. Such trait × environment interactions were more likely to be detected in growth models using individual-level traits than models using species mean traits, but seedling growth was not better modelled with individual-level traits than species mean traits. Additionally, none of the hard traits (photosynthetic and hydraulic traits) were better predictors than soft traits (morphological traits) modeling seedling growth and survival along light and water gradients. Our study highlights the necessities of considering trait × environment interactions when predicting response of plants to changing environments. The benefits of using individual-level traits or hard traits to predict plant performance might be reduced or even cancelled if their measurement errors are not well controlled.</p>

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Craniodental traits predict feeding performance and dietary hardness in a community of Neotropical free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

<p>Form-function studies have established a strong link between dental morphology and the mechanical properties of food items, with animals evolving tooth shapes theoretically ideal for their diets. However, information on how teeth perform under natural conditions is rare, which limits our understanding of how dental morphology influences dietary ecology and niche partitioning within animal communities.</p> <p>Free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) are a diverse clade of aerial insectivorous mammals that exhibit an outstanding variation in size and craniodental traits, which have been directly related to ecological segregation among sympatric species.</p> <p>We investigate the mechanisms that allow functional dietary specialization and trophic segregation among sympatric free-tailed bat species inhabiting a Neotropical forest. To do so, we coupled data on 3D dental topographic metrics, head and skull dimensions, field-collected feeding performance and dietary hardness measurements.</p> <p>We found that evolved differences in molar topography and skull size vary in tandem with the mechanical demands of prey items naturally consumed by sympatric molossid species. This may be explained by feeding performance capabilities resulting from both molar shape and the overall size of the feeding apparatus, which seem to allow efficient processing of prey items with specific mechanical properties. For instance, smaller bats with higher molar topographic values (sharper, more complex molars) and more gracile heads mainly feed on softer insects, whereas bigger bats with lower molar topographic values (blunter, less complex molars) and more robust heads mostly feed on tougher insects. Species with a broader range of sizes, craniodental morphologies, and insect hardness are also present in the community.</p> <p>Our results illustrate how the morphology and size of feeding structures, and how they perform, may facilitate trophic segregation among sympatric insectivorous bats. Similar mechanisms may help structure other communities of insectivorous mammals, therefore the approaches presented here could be used to generate a better understanding of the ecomorphological traits and processes that underlie their diversity.</p>

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Data from: Functional traits underlying performance variations in the overwintering of the cosmopolitan invasive plant water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) under climate warming and water drawdown

<p><span>Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that temperature rise is still the general trend of the global climate in the 21st century. Invasive species may benefit from the increase in temperature, as climate can be viewed as a resource, and the increase in the available resources favors the invasibility of invasive species. This study aimed to assess the overwintering growth of the cosmopolitan invasive plant water hyacinth (<em>Eichhornia crassipes</em>) at its northern boundary. Using <em>E. crassipes</em> as a model plant, a cross-year mesocosm experiment was conducted to determine 17 plant functional traits, including growth, morphological, root topological, photosynthetic and stoichiometric traits, under climate warming (ambient, temperature rises of 1.5°C and 3.0°C) and water drawdown or water withdrawal (water depths of 1 cm, 10 cm and 20 cm) treatments. The overwintering growth of <em>E. crassipes</em> was facilitated by climate warming and proper water drawdown, and climate warming played a leading role. A temperature rises of 3.0°C and a water depth of 10 cm were the most suitable conditions for the overwintering and rooting behavior of the plant. Controlling the temperature to within 1.5°C, an ambitious goal for China, still facilitated the overwintering of <em>E. crassipes</em>. With climate warming, the plant can overwinter successfully, which possibly assists it in producing and spreading new ramets in the vernal flood season. The new rooting behavior induced by ambient low temperature may be viewed as a unique growth adaptation strategy for a niche change, as it helps these plants invade empty niches left by dead free-floating plants on the water surface following winter freezes. With continued global warming, the distribution of the plant may expand northward, and eradication of the plant during the winter water drawdown period may be a more effective strategy.</span></p>

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Data from: Trait variation and performance across varying levels of drought stress in cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

<p><strong>Background and Aims:</strong> Drought is a major agricultural challenge that is expected to worsen with climate change. A better understanding of drought responses has the potential to inform efforts to breed more tolerant plants. We assessed leaf trait variation and covariation in cultivated sunflower (<em>Helianthus annuus L</em>.) in response to water limitation.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Plants were grown under four levels of water availability and assessed for environmentally induced plasticity in leaf stomatal and vein traits as well as biomass (performance indicator), mass fractions, leaf area, leaf mass per area, and chlorophyll content.</p> <p><strong>Key Results:</strong> Overall, biomass declined in response to stress; these changes were accompanied by responses in leaf-level traits including decreased leaf area and stomatal size, and increased stomatal and vein density. The magnitude of trait responses increased with stress severity and relative plasticity of smaller-scale leaf anatomical traits was less than that of larger-scale traits related to construction and growth. Across treatments, where phenotypic plasticity was observed, stomatal density was negatively correlated with stomatal size and positively correlated with minor vein density, but the correlations did not hold up within treatments. Four leaf traits previously shown to reflect major axes of variation in a large sunflower diversity panel under well-watered conditions (i.e., stomatal density, stomatal pore length, vein density, and leaf mass per area) predicted a surprisingly large amount of the variation in biomass across treatments, but trait associations with biomass differed within treatments. Additionally, the importance of these traits in predicting variation in biomass is mediated, at least in part, through leaf size.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Our results demonstrate the importance of leaf anatomical traits in mediating drought responses in sunflower, and highlight the role that phenotypic plasticity and multi-trait phenotypes can play in predicting productivity under complex abiotic stresses like drought.</p>

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Linking individual and species-level leaf traits with ontogenetic development stage to explain tree performance under competition and environmental contexts

<p><span>To verify how species traits and individual traits link ontogenetic size, external biotic and abiotic factors to influence tree performance. In a temperate natural forest in northeastern China, we measured dynamic performance, size, as well as competition, topography, and soil variables as biotic and abiotic variables for all 1320 trees of 17 species in 62 monitoring plots from 2010-2020. For each individual tree, we also measured five typical functional traits representing leaf size and elemental content: leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen content, and leaf carbon : nitrogen ratios. These traits are not only strongly associated with performance, but trade-offs between traits have previously been shown to express plant acquisitive-conservative strategy characteristics. Reconceptualized based on previous understanding of trait-based approach (Fig. 1). We first tested the direct explanatory effects of species traits and individual traits on performance in multifactorial contexts.</span> <span>We first tested the direct explanatory effects of species traits and individual traits on performance in multifactorial contexts. Subsequently, we analyzed the moderating and mediating effects of these two levels of traits in explaining ontogenetic size, external competition, and environmental influences on performance. The following three questions were posed in response to the results:</span></p> <p><em><span>QI: Do species and individual traits differ in directly explaining performance in a multifactor context that includes ontogenetic size, external biotic and abiotic factors?</span></em></p> <p><em><span>QII: How species and individual traits explain the effect of ontogenetic size on performance</span> </em><em><span>by moderating and mediating effects.</span></em></p> <p><em><span>QIII: Can traits at the species and individual level influence competition- and environment-performance relationships</span> </em><em><span>through trait-based approaches? Does ontogenetic size work jointly with traits at different levels in this process?</span></em></p>

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