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The controlled spectrum of plant form and function

Rahimi-Majd, M.; Leverett, A.; Kromdijk, J.; Nikoloski, Z.

2026-07-28 ecology
10.64898/2026.07.27.740885 bioRxiv
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Dimension reduction techniques with plant traits have suggested the existence of independent acquisitive-conservative spectra in leaves and roots across diverse plants. However, this finding may be due to third-variable effects that can alter the fundamental dimensionality of plant trait variation. Using a dimension reduction approach that controls for third-variable effects, we show that the acquisitive-conservative axis is not confined within an organ, but acts at the whole plant level.

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