RT Journal Article
T1 Plant functional traits and groups in a Californian serpentine chaparral.
A1 Hidalgo-Triana, Noelia
A1 Pérez-Latorre, Andrés Vicente
A1 Thorne, James H.
K1 Ecología de chaparrales
AB We studied a type of Californian ultramaficchaparral to determine functional groups which can helpreduce the complexity of ecosystem management. Thestudy was realized in McLaughlin Reserve, State ofCalifornia, USA. We analysed the species of a serpentineplant association previously phytosociologically described in the area: Ceanotho albiflori-Quercetum durataefor their functional traits and functional groups. Traitsper species were measured building a trait database. Weused Principal Component Analysis to identify thecombination of functional traits with major weight anda neighbor-joining clustering to define functional groupsfor this vegetation association. Our results indicated thatthe studied association is dominated by phanerophytes,with low degree of spinescence. Leaves were mainlymalacophyllous with high degree of tomentosity, reduced size and a partial shedding of leaves was observedduring summer. We considered six functional groups asthe optimum number of clusters in a total of 18 species.The two first functional groups were composed ofchamaephytes with brachyblasts and dolichoblasts withdifferences in the degree of tomentosity. The rest of thefunctional groups were composed of phanerophyteswhere the differences between them were based on traitsin relation to the branches, leaf size and the horizontaldevelopment of the root system. The functional groupsobtained show that this serpentine chaparral is composed of species with a wide range of functional traits.The study of other Mediterranean serpentine ecosystemsin California and elsewhere could contribute to createnew perspectives of functional ecology and help in themanagement of these valuable ecosystems.
PB Wiley
YR 2017
FD 2017-11-14
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29403
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29403
LA eng
NO Hidalgo-Triana, N., Pérez Latorre, A.V. and Thorne, J.H. (2018), Plant functional traits and groups in a Californian serpentine chaparral. Ecol. Res., 33: 525-535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-017-1532-6
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/6800
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026