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    <title language="eng">The leaf economic spectrum drives leaf litter decomposition in Mediterranean forests</title>
    <abstract language="eng">BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Leaf litter decomposition is an important process controlling nutrient cycling in most terrestrial ecosystems. We evaluated the relationships among traits of green leaves and decomposition rates of leaf litter (k) at different environmental scales and organisational levels (species and community). We also assessed the relationships at community level between k and the Leaf Economic Spectrum (LES) and between k and different soil variables. METHODS: We measured leaf traits in 38 woody species distributed in nine sampling sites along a topographic gradient in southern Spain. Leaf litter was collected for each species in each sampling site and incubated in a microcosm experiment with soil collected from the top 20 cm of each site. RESULTS: We found positive relationships between k and specific leaf area (SLA), leaf N, K and P and negative relationships with leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and leaf C isotopic composition (δ¹³C), both at species and community levels. Decomposability was positively related with the first PCA axis describing the LES and the relationships were consistent across all sites and within different zones or topographic positions. In addition, community weighted mean values of leaf traits (LESCWM) were stronger predictors of litter decomposition than soil variables. CONCLUSIONS: A major finding of the present study is the main role that leaf traits, and the covariation among them (LES), play on decomposition process in Mediterranean ecosystems both at the species and community levels. In summary, our results support the idea that the suites of leaf traits have a strong control on the pace of C cycling, being the best drivers of decomposition processes under similar climatic conditions.</abstract>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Plant and Soil</parentTitle>
    <identifier type="doi">10.1007/s11104-018-3883-3</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">0032-079X</identifier>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Enrique</firstName>
      <lastName>Garcia de la Riva</lastName>
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    <submitter>
      <firstName>Coliette</firstName>
      <lastName>Klee</lastName>
    </submitter>
    <author>
      <firstName>Iván</firstName>
      <lastName>Prieto</lastName>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstName>Rafael</firstName>
      <lastName>Villar</lastName>
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    <id>25293</id>
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    <publishedYear>2018</publishedYear>
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    <language>eng</language>
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    <issue>2</issue>
    <volume>32</volume>
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    <title language="eng">Relationships between leaf mass per area and nutrient concentrations in 98 Mediterranean woody species are determined by phylogeny, habitat and leaf habit</title>
    <abstract language="eng">Leaf structural and nutrient traits are key attributes of plant ecological strategies, as these traits are related to resource-use strategies and plant growth. However, leaf structure and nutrient composition can vary among different habitats, leaf habits or phylogenetic groups. In this study, we measured 13 leaf traits (one structural—leaf mass per area, LMA—and 12 nutrient traits) in 98 Mediterranean woody species growing over a wide range of environmental conditions, with the final aim of discerning the main causes of leaf trait variability. The variance decomposition results show that phylogeny, leaf habit and habitat type affected in several ways the structural and nutrient traits studied. Leaf nutrient concentrations are strongly positively correlated amongst themselves, and negatively correlated with LMA, in accordance with the “leaf economics spectrum”. We found that leaf habit and phylogeny were important causes of variation in LMA and in a broad number of leaf nutrients (i.e., C, N, Mg, S, K), while other micronutrients seemed to be more dependent on the environment (i.e., Cu and Mn). In summary, our study reinforces the existence of the leaf economics spectrum in a broad pool of Mediterranean woody species, and demonstrates the strong influence of phylogeny, leaf habit and environmental context as the main drivers of variability in some leaf structural and nutrient traits.</abstract>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Trees : Structure and Function</parentTitle>
    <identifier type="doi">10.1007/s00468-017-1646-z</identifier>
    <identifier type="url">http://hdl.handle.net/10261/158175</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">1432-2285</identifier>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Enrique</firstName>
      <lastName>Garcia de la Riva</lastName>
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      <firstName>Coliette</firstName>
      <lastName>Klee</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Rafael</firstName>
      <lastName>Villar</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Ignacio Manuel</firstName>
      <lastName>Pérez-Ramos</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>José Luis</firstName>
      <lastName>Quero</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Luis</firstName>
      <lastName>Matías</lastName>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstName>Lourens</firstName>
      <lastName>Poorte</lastName>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstName>Teodoro</firstName>
      <lastName>Marañón</lastName>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Functional traits Leaf economics spectrum Nitrogen Phosphorus Phylogenetic independent contrast (PIC) Stoichiometry</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Leaf economics spectrum</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Nitrogen</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
      <type>uncontrolled</type>
      <value>Phosphorus</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
      <type>uncontrolled</type>
      <value>Phylogenetic independent contrast (PIC)</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Stoichiometry</value>
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    <id>25294</id>
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    <publishedYear>2018</publishedYear>
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    <language>eng</language>
    <pageFirst>35</pageFirst>
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    <issue>424</issue>
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    <title language="eng">Root traits across environmental gradients in Mediterraneanwoody communities: are they aligned along the root economicsspectrum?</title>
    <abstract language="eng">Background and aimsRoot traits play a critical role inplant resource-use strategies and ecosystem functioning,but there is great controversy regarding their identityand functionality in different dimensions of below-ground functional variation. Here, we explored the levelof covariation among a suite of key root traits (i.e.specific root length, root dry matter content, diameterand density) as well as between them and two above-ground traits related with plant function (leaf nutrientconcentration and specific leaf area). We also evaluatedwhether these patterns of trait covariation were consis-tent at different spatial scales and organisational levels.MethodsWe collected fine root (&lt; 2 mm) samples of 534individuals (of 80 woody species) along a wide regionalrange of environmental conditions in southern Spain.</abstract>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Plant and Soil</parentTitle>
    <identifier type="doi">10.1007/s11104-017-3433-4</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">0032-079X</identifier>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Enrique</firstName>
      <lastName>Garcia de la Riva</lastName>
    </author>
    <submitter>
      <firstName>Coliette</firstName>
      <lastName>Klee</lastName>
    </submitter>
    <author>
      <firstName>Teodoro</firstName>
      <lastName>Marañón</lastName>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstName>Ignacio Manuel</firstName>
      <lastName>Pérez-Ramos</lastName>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstName>Carmen M.</firstName>
      <lastName>Navarro-Fernández</lastName>
    </author>
    <author>
      <firstName>Manuel</firstName>
      <lastName>Olmo</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Rafael</firstName>
      <lastName>Villar</lastName>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Growth rate</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>LMA</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Nutrients</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Root diameter</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Root tissue density</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>SLA</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
      <type>uncontrolled</type>
      <value>Specific root length</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Water availability</value>
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    <id>25296</id>
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    <publishedYear>2018</publishedYear>
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    <language>eng</language>
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    <edition/>
    <issue>2</issue>
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    <title language="eng">A Multidimensional Functional Trait Approach Reveals the Imprint of Environmental Stress in Mediterranean Woody Communities</title>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Ecosystems</parentTitle>
    <identifier type="doi">10.1007/s10021-017-0147-7</identifier>
    <identifier type="url">https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10021-017-0147-7.pdf</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">1435-0629</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">1432-9840</identifier>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Enrique</firstName>
      <lastName>Garcia de la Riva</lastName>
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    <submitter>
      <firstName>Coliette</firstName>
      <lastName>Klee</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Cyrille</firstName>
      <lastName>Violle</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Ignacio Manuel</firstName>
      <lastName>Pérez-Ramos</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Teodoro</firstName>
      <lastName>Marañón</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Carmen M.</firstName>
      <lastName>Navarro-Fernández</lastName>
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    <author>
      <firstName>Manuel</firstName>
      <lastName>Olmo</lastName>
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      <firstName>Rafael</firstName>
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      <value>aridity</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>dry  shrubland</value>
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      <value>functional structure</value>
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      <value>hypervolume</value>
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      <value>planttraits</value>
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