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Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function.
Walker, Tom W N; Schrodt, Franziska; Allard, Pierre-Marie; Defossez, Emmanuel; Jassey, Vincent E J; Schuman, Meredith C; Alexander, Jake M; Baines, Oliver; Baldy, Virginie; Bardgett, Richard D; Capdevila, Pol; Coley, Phyllis D; van Dam, Nicole M; David, Bruno; Descombes, Patrice; Endara, María-José; Fernandez, Catherine; Forrister, Dale; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert; Glauser, Gaëtan; Marr, Sue; Neumann, Steffen; Pellissier, Loïc; Peters, Kristian; Rasmann, Sergio; Roessner, Ute; Salguero-Gómez, Roberto; Sardans, Jordi; Weckwerth, Wolfram; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Peñuelas, Josep.
Affiliation
  • Walker TWN; Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
  • Schrodt F; Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Allard PM; School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
  • Defossez E; Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Jassey VEJ; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Schuman MC; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Alexander JM; Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
  • Baines O; Laboratoire d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France.
  • Baldy V; Departments of Geography and Chemistry, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Bardgett RD; Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Capdevila P; School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
  • Coley PD; Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
  • van Dam NM; Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Marseille, France.
  • David B; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
  • Descombes P; Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona 08028, Spain.
  • Endara MJ; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain.
  • Fernandez C; School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
  • Forrister D; Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental crops (IGZ), 14979 Großbeeren, Germany.
  • Gargallo-Garriga A; Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
  • Glauser G; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Marr S; Green Mission Pierre Fabre, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, 31562 Toulouse, France.
  • Neumann S; Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Pellissier L; Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
  • Peters K; Musée et Jardins botaniques cantonaux, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Rasmann S; Medio Ambiente y Salud (BIOMAS), Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, 170124 Quito, Ecuador.
  • Roessner U; Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Marseille, France.
  • Salguero-Gómez R; School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
  • Sardans J; CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
  • Weckwerth W; CREAF, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain.
  • Wolfender JL; Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Peñuelas J; Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Sci Adv ; 9(35): eadi4029, 2023 09.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37647404
ABSTRACT
The metabolome is the biochemical basis of plant form and function, but we know little about its macroecological variation across the plant kingdom. Here, we used the plant functional trait concept to interpret leaf metabolome variation among 457 tropical and 339 temperate plant species. Distilling metabolite chemistry into five metabolic functional traits reveals that plants vary on two major axes of leaf metabolic specialization-a leaf chemical defense spectrum and an expression of leaf longevity. Axes are similar for tropical and temperate species, with many trait combinations being viable. However, metabolic traits vary orthogonally to life-history strategies described by widely used functional traits. The metabolome thus expands the functional trait concept by providing additional axes of metabolic specialization for examining plant form and function.
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