A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

By J. H. C. Cornelissen, S. Lavorel, Eric Garnier, Sandra Díaz, Nina Buchmann, D. Gurvich, Peter B. Reich, H. ter Steege, H. Morgan, M. V. D. van der Heijden and 2 more. 2003

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Contrasting effects of plant inter‐ and intraspecific variation on community‐level trait measures along an environmental gradient (2013, methodology): “For each species, all leaves were pooled within plots and measured for average leaf area (LA, mm), specific leaf area (SLA, mm mg ) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC, mg g ) following Cornelissen et al. (2003). Leaf nitrogen content (LNC, %) and leaf phosphorus content (LPC, %) were measured on grou”
Can CSR classification be generally applied outside Britain? (2010, methodology): “Analysis of plant material Leaves collected from the field were placed in labelled plastic bags in a refrigerated container at approximately 4 C, and transported immediately to the laboratory, where measurements complied with the standardised methodologies detailed by Cornelissen et al. (2003).”
Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships. (2005, background): “In recognition of this fact, there has been increased effort in recent times to encourage researchers to employ standard protocols (Garnier et al., 2001; Cornelissen et al., 2003).”
Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long‐term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity (2012, methodology): “Leaf thickness was measured using digital calipers; the midrib was avoided (Cornelissen et al. (2003) and the mean of three replicate leaves was used for each individual plant.”
Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species? (2011, methodology): “We measured leaf area as the one sided surface area of a leaf excluding the petiole (Cornelissen et al. 2003).”
Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees. (2010, methodology): “‘‘Hard’’ or fundamental traits are mechanistically linked to performance but are often difﬁcult to measure and are replaced by easier-to-measure ‘‘soft’’ traits that experience suggests serve as adequate proxies (Hodgson et al. 1999, Weiher et al. 1999, Lavorel and Garnier 2002, Cornelissen et al. 2”
Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi‐arid and humid savannas on three continents (2013, background): “Leaf morphological traits were measured or estimated that are thought to affect water loss by tree crowns (Westoby et al. 2002; Cornelissen et al. 2003a,b; Poorter et al. 2009).”
Community‐level plant palatability increases with elevation as insect herbivore abundance declines (2017, methodology): “Because LDMC is positively related to leaf toughness, where high LDMC plants are more resistant to physical hazards (i.e. wind, hail; Cornelissen et al. 2003), it might also indirectly confer increased resistance to insect herbivores (Schuldt et al. 2012; Ibanez et al. 2013).”
Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion (2014, methodology): “Specific leaf area (SLA) was measured on an average of 13 leaves (six leaves minimum) from at least two different plants for each species following Cornelissen et al. (2003).”
Influence of root and leaf traits on the uptake of nutrients in cover crops (2016, background): “The high root diameter found in this group is generally related to long root life span (Eissenstat et al. 2000), a better resistance to water stress and higher rates of water transport within the root (Cornelissen et al. 2003).”
Effects of disturbance intensity on species and functional diversity in a tropical forest (2012, methodology): “Leaf traits of 45 species come from Rozendaal, Hurtado & Poorter (2006) and Bakker, Carreño-Rocabado & Poorter (2011), and 19 additional species were measured for this study following the protocols of Cornelissen et al. (2003).”