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Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography

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However, freshwater plants are still underrepresented in these trait-Cbased advancements. Here, we argue that there is a need for developing a functional biogeographical framework for freshwater plants and initiate global mapping efforts focusing on the form and function of freshwater plants. Specific attention should be given to (1) the placement of freshwater plants in the global plant trait space and show how this placement links to global trait-Cenvironment relationships; (2) the theoretical framework for major structural trait-Ctrait correlations based on the physical constraints in aquatic ecosystems; (3) the evolutionary and environmental drivers underlying the global distribution of inter-C and intra-Cspecific variation in different life forms; and (4) the level of equilibrium between spatial and temporal trait-Cenvironment relationships in freshwater plants. By putting freshwater plants in the context of these spatial aspects, we could advance our understanding of freshwater plant adaptations and responses to environmental gradients, and thereby facilitate predicting the consequences of global changes for freshwater ecosystem functions and services.

Functional traitLarge scaleMacroecologyMacrophytesPlant functions

Lars Lonsmann Iversen、Jorge García Giron、Yingji Pan

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Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Freshwater Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, P.O. Box 413, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland

Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, 610065 Chengdu, China

2022

org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103454

Aquatic Botany

Aquatic Botany

SCI
ISSN：0304-3770
年,卷(期)：2022.176