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- Title
Lack of coordination between stomatal and vein traits provides functional benefits to the dioecious tropical tree Myrsine coriacea.
- Authors
Pereira, Jéssica Priscilla; Garbin, Mário Luís; Carrijo, Tatiana Tavares; da Silva, Josimar Aleixo; Bourguignon, Tayna Poppe; Cavatte, Paulo Cezar
- Abstract
Climate change will affect the distribution of many tropical plant species. However, the understanding of how dioecious tropical species cope with different environmental conditions is still limited. To address this issue, we investigated how secondary trait attributes in populations of the dioecious tropical tree Myrsine coriacea change along an altitudinal gradient. Eighty individual plants (40 male and 40 female) were selected among seven natural populations. Leaf variation in morphological and stomatal traits, and carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions were analyzed. Female plants had greater isotopic leaf carbon composition (δ13C) and nitrogen content than male plants, increasing their carboxylation capacity. Plants of both sexes had smaller stomata, greater water‐use efficiency (greater δ13C), and greater nitrogen isotopic composition (δ15N) at higher altitudes. They also showed lower δ15N and had greater carbon: nitrogen ratios at lower altitudes. There was a lack of coordination between stomatal and vein traits, which was compensated for by variation in specific leaf areas. This mechanism was essential for increasing plant performance under the limiting conditions found by the species at higher altitudes.
- Subjects
STOMATA; CARBON isotopes; WATER efficiency; LEAF area; COMPOSITION of leaves; VEINS
- Publication
Physiologia Plantarum, 2022, Vol 174, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0031-9317
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppl.13719