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Sanchez‐Martinez, P, Dexter, KG, Draper, FC, Baraloto, C, Leão do Amaral, I, de Souza Coelho, L, de Almeida Matos, FD, de Andrade Lima Filho, D, Salomão, RP, Wittmann, F, Castilho, CV, de Jesus Veiga Carim, M, Guevara, JE, Phillips, OL, Magnusson, WE, Sabatier, D, Cardenas Revilla, JD, Molino, JF, Irume, MV, Pires Martins, M, da Silva Guimarães, JR, Ferreira Ramos, J, Bánki, OS, Fernandez Piedade, MT, Cárdenas López, D, Pitman, NCA, Demarchi, LO, Schöngart, J, Garcia Luize, B, Moraes de Leão Novo, EM, Núñez Vargas, P, Freire Silva, TS, Martins Venticinque, E, Manzatto, AG, Costa Reis, NF, Terborgh, J, Casula, KR, Honorio Coronado, EN, Monteagudo Mendoza, A, Montero, JC, Costa, FRC, Feldpausch, TR, Costa Quaresma, A, Castaño Arboleda, N, Zartman, CE, Killeen, TJ, Marimon, BS, Marimon‐Junior, BH, Vasquez, R, Mostacedo, B, Assis, RL, Dantas do Amaral, D, Engel, J, Castellanos, H, Brilhante de Medeiros, M, Fragomeni Simon, M, Andrade, A, Camargo, JL, Laurance, WF, Laurance, SGW, Maniguaje Rincón, L, Schietti, J, Sousa, TR, de Sousa Farias, E, Lopes, MA, Lima Magalhães, JL, Mendonça Nascimento, HE, Lima de Queiroz, H, Aymard, G, Brienen, R, Stevenson, PR, Araujo‐Murakami, A, Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, B, Baker, TR, Oliveira Feitosa, Y, Mogollón, HF, Peres, CA, Silman, MR, Ferreira, LV, Lozada, JR, Comiskey, JA, de Toledo, JJ, Damasco, G, Dávila, N, García‐Villacorta, R, Lopes, A, Vicentini, A, Cornejo Valverde, F, Alonso, A, Arroyo, L, Dallmeier, F, Gomes, VHF, Neill, D, Peñuela Mora, MC, Costa Noronha, J, de Aguiar, DPP, Rodrigues Barbosa, F, Bredin, YK, de Sá Carpanedo, R, Antunes Carvalho, F, Coelho de Souza, F, Feeley, KJ, Gribel, R, Haugaasen, T, Hawes, JE, Petratti Pansonato, M, Pipoly, JJ, Ríos Paredes, M, de Jesus Rodrigues, D
, Barlow, J, Berenguer, E, Brasil da Silva, I, Ferreira, MJ, Ferreira, J, Fine, PVA, Carneiro Guedes, M, Levis, C, Licona, JC, Villa Zegarra, BE, Vos, VA, Cerón, C, Machado Durgante, F, Fonty, É, Henkel, TW, Householder, JE, Huamantupa‐Chuquimaco, I, Silveira, M, Stropp, J, Thomas, R, Daly, D, Milliken, W, Pardo Molina, G, Pennington, T, Guimarães Vieira, IC, Weiss Albuquerque, B, Campelo, W, Fuentes, A, Klitgaard, B, Marcelo Pena, JL, Tello, JS, Vriesendorp, C, Chave, J, Di Fiore, A, Hilário, RR, de Oliveira Pereira, L, Phillips, JF, Rivas‐Torres, G, van Andel, TR, von Hildebrand, P, Balee, W, Marques Barbosa, E, de Matos Bonates, LC, Dávila Doza, HP, Zárate Gómez, R, Gonzales, T, Gallardo Gonzales, GP, Hoffman, B, Braga Junqueira, A, Malhi, Y, de Andrade Miranda, IP, Mozombite Pinto, LF, Prieto, A, Rudas, A, Ruschel, AR, Silva, N, Vela, CIA, Zent, S, Zent, EL, Cano, A, Carrero Márquez, YA, Correa, DF, Pedrosa Costa, JB, Monteiro Flores, B, Galbraith, D, Holmgren, M, Kalamandeen, M, Lobo, G, Montenegro, LT, Trindade Nascimento, M, Oliveira, AA, Pombo, MM, Ramirez‐Angulo, H, Rocha, M, Vizoni Scudeller, V, Umaña, MN, van der Heijden, G, Vilanova Torre, E, Baider, C, Balslev, H, Cárdenas, S, Casas, LF, Farfan‐Rios, W, Ferreira, C, Linares‐Palomino, R, Mendoza, C, Mesones, I, Parada, GA, Torres‐Lezama, A, Villarroel, D, Zagt, R, Alexiades, MN, Almeida de Oliveira, E, Fortier, RP, Garcia‐Cabrera, K, Hernandez, L, Cuenca, WP, Pansini, S, Pauletto, D, Ramirez Arevalo, F, Felipe Sampaio, A, Valderrama Sandoval, EH, Valenzuela Gamarra, L, van der Sande, M, Poorter, L & ter Steege, H 2025, '
Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa',
Functional Ecology, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 181-198.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14700APA
Sanchez‐Martinez, P., Dexter, K. G., Draper, F. C., Baraloto, C., Leão do Amaral, I., de Souza Coelho, L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Wittmann, F., Castilho, C. V., de Jesus Veiga Carim, M., Guevara, J. E., Phillips, O. L., Magnusson, W. E., Sabatier, D., Cardenas Revilla, J. D., Molino, JF., Irume, M. V., ... ter Steege, H. (2025).
Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa.
Functional Ecology,
39(1), 181-198.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14700Vancouver
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@article{13d7b958f560465e84247531881ec458,
title = "Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa",
abstract = "Leaf and wood functional traits of trees are related to growth, reproduction, and survival, but the degree of phylogenetic conservatism in these relationships is largely unknown. In this study, we describe the variability of strategies involving leaf, wood and demographic characteristics for tree genera distributed across the Amazon Region, and quantify phylogenetic signal for the characteristics and their relationships. Leaf and wood traits are aligned with demographic variables along two main axes of variation. The first axis represents the coordination of leaf traits describing resource uptake and use, wood density, seed mass, and survival. The second axis represents the coordination between size and growth. Both axes show strong phylogenetic signal, suggesting a constrained evolution influenced by ancestral values, yet the second axis also has an additional, substantial portion of its variation that is driven by functional correlations unrelated to phylogeny, suggesting simultaneously higher evolutionary lability and coordination. Synthesis. Our results suggest that life history strategies of tropical trees are generally phylogenetically conserved, but that tree lineages may have some capability of responding to environmental changes by modulating their growth and size. Overall, we provide the largest‐scale synopsis of functional characteristics of Amazonian trees, showing substantial nuance in the evolutionary patterns of individual characteristics and their relationships. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.",
keywords = "phylogenetic conservatism, life history, tropical ecology, functional traits, tree physiology, ecophysiology, macroecology",
author = "Pablo Sanchez‐Martinez and Dexter, {Kyle G.} and Draper, {Freddie C.} and Chris Baraloto and {Le{\~a}o do Amaral}, I{\^e}da and {de Souza Coelho}, Luiz and {de Almeida Matos}, {Francisca Dion{\'i}zia} and {de Andrade Lima Filho}, Di{\'o}genes and Salom{\~a}o, {Rafael P.} and Florian Wittmann and Castilho, {Carolina V.} and {de Jesus Veiga Carim}, Marcelo and Guevara, {Juan Ernesto} and Phillips, {Oliver L.} and Magnusson, {William E.} and Daniel Sabatier and {Cardenas Revilla}, {Juan David} and Jean‐Fran{\c c}ois Molino and Irume, {Mariana Vict{\'o}ria} and {Pires Martins}, Maria and {da Silva Guimar{\~a}es}, {Jos{\'e} Renan} and {Ferreira Ramos}, Jos{\'e} and B{\'a}nki, {Olaf S.} and {Fernandez Piedade}, {Maria Teresa} and {C{\'a}rdenas L{\'o}pez}, Dairon and Pitman, {Nigel C. A.} and Demarchi, {Layon O.} and Jochen Sch{\"o}ngart and {Garcia Luize}, Bruno and {Moraes de Le{\~a}o Novo}, {Evlyn M{\'a}rcia} and {N{\'u}{\~n}ez Vargas}, Percy and {Freire Silva}, {Thiago Sanna} and {Martins Venticinque}, Eduardo and Manzatto, {Angelo Gilberto} and {Costa Reis}, {Neidiane Farias} and John Terborgh and Casula, {Katia Regina} and {Honorio Coronado}, {Euridice N.} and {Monteagudo Mendoza}, Abel and Montero, {Juan Carlos} and Costa, {Fl{\'a}via R. C.} and Feldpausch, {Ted R.} and {Costa Quaresma}, Adriano and {Casta{\~n}o Arboleda}, Nicol{\'a}s and Zartman, {Charles Eugene} and Killeen, {Timothy J.} and Marimon, {Beatriz S.} and Marimon‐Junior, {Ben Hur} and Rodolfo Vasquez and Bonifacio Mostacedo and Assis, {Rafael L.} and {Dantas do Amaral}, D{\'a}rio and Julien Engel and Hern{\'a}n Castellanos and {Brilhante de Medeiros}, Marcelo and {Fragomeni Simon}, Marcelo and Ana Andrade and Camargo, {Jos{\'e} Lu{\'i}s} and Laurance, {William F.} and Laurance, {Susan G. W.} and {Maniguaje Rinc{\'o}n}, Lorena and Juliana Schietti and Sousa, {Thaiane R.} and {de Sousa Farias}, Emanuelle and Lopes, {Maria Aparecida} and {Lima Magalh{\~a}es}, {Jos{\'e} Leonardo} and {Mendon{\c c}a Nascimento}, {Henrique Eduardo} and {Lima de Queiroz}, Helder and Gerardo Aymard and Roel Brienen and Stevenson, {Pablo R.} and Alejandro Araujo‐Murakami and {Bar{\c c}ante Ladvocat Cintra}, Bruno and Baker, {Tim R.} and {Oliveira Feitosa}, Yuri and Mogoll{\'o}n, {Hugo F.} and Peres, {Carlos A.} and Silman, {Miles R.} and Ferreira, {Leandro Valle} and Lozada, {Jos{\'e} Rafael} and Comiskey, {James A.} and {de Toledo}, {Jos{\'e} Julio} and Gabriel Damasco and N{\'a}llarett D{\'a}vila and Roosevelt Garc{\'i}a‐Villacorta and Aline Lopes and Alberto Vicentini and {Cornejo Valverde}, Fernando and Alfonso Alonso and Luzmila Arroyo and Francisco Dallmeier and Gomes, {Vitor H. F.} and David Neill and {Pe{\~n}uela Mora}, {Maria Cristina} and {Costa Noronha}, Jana{\'i}na and {de Aguiar}, {Daniel P. P.} and {Rodrigues Barbosa}, Fl{\'a}via and Bredin, {Yennie K.} and {de S{\'a} Carpanedo}, Rainiellen and {Antunes Carvalho}, Fernanda and {Coelho de Souza}, Fernanda and Feeley, {Kenneth J.} and Rogerio Gribel and Torbj{\o}rn Haugaasen and Hawes, {Joseph E.} and {Petratti Pansonato}, Marcelo and Pipoly, {John J.} and {R{\'i}os Paredes}, Marcos and {de Jesus Rodrigues}, Domingos and Jos Barlow and Erika Berenguer and {Brasil da Silva}, Izaias and Ferreira, {Maria Julia} and Joice Ferreira and Fine, {Paul V. A.} and {Carneiro Guedes}, Marcelino and Carolina Levis and Licona, {Juan Carlos} and {Villa Zegarra}, {Boris Eduardo} and Vos, {Vincent Antoine} and Carlos Cer{\'o}n and {Machado Durgante}, Fl{\'a}via and {\'E}mile Fonty and Henkel, {Terry W.} and Householder, {John Ethan} and Isau Huamantupa‐Chuquimaco and Marcos Silveira and Juliana Stropp and Raquel Thomas and Doug Daly and William Milliken and {Pardo Molina}, Guido and Toby Pennington and {Guimar{\~a}es Vieira}, {Ima C{\'e}lia} and {Weiss Albuquerque}, Bianca and Wegliane Campelo and Alfredo Fuentes and Bente Klitgaard and {Marcelo Pena}, {Jos{\'e} Luis} and Tello, {J. Sebasti{\'a}n} and Corine Vriesendorp and Jerome Chave and {Di Fiore}, Anthony and Hil{\'a}rio, {Renato Richard} and {de Oliveira Pereira}, Luciana and Phillips, {Juan Fernando} and Gonzalo Rivas‐Torres and {van Andel}, {Tinde R.} and {von Hildebrand}, Patricio and William Balee and {Marques Barbosa}, Edelcilio and {de Matos Bonates}, {Luiz Carlos} and {D{\'a}vila Doza}, {Hilda Paulette} and {Z{\'a}rate G{\'o}mez}, Ricardo and Therany Gonzales and {Gallardo Gonzales}, {George Pepe} and Bruce Hoffman and {Braga Junqueira}, Andr{\'e} and Yadvinder Malhi and {de Andrade Miranda}, {Ires Paula} and {Mozombite Pinto}, {Linder Felipe} and Adriana Prieto and Agust{\'i}n Rudas and Ruschel, {Ademir R.} and Natalino Silva and Vela, {C{\'e}sar I. A.} and Stanford Zent and Zent, {Egle{\'e} L.} and Angela Cano and {Carrero M{\'a}rquez}, {Yrma Andreina} and Correa, {Diego F.} and {Pedrosa Costa}, {Janaina Barbosa} and {Monteiro Flores}, Bernardo and David Galbraith and Milena Holmgren and Michelle Kalamandeen and Guilherme Lobo and Montenegro, {Luis Torres} and {Trindade Nascimento}, Marcelo and Oliveira, {Alexandre A.} and Pombo, {Maihyra Marina} and Hirma Ramirez‐Angulo and Maira Rocha and {Vizoni Scudeller}, Veridiana and Uma{\~n}a, {Maria Natalia} and {van der Heijden}, Geertje and {Vilanova Torre}, Emilio and Cl{\'a}udia Baider and Henrik Balslev and Sasha C{\'a}rdenas and Casas, {Luisa Fernanda} and William Farfan‐Rios and Cid Ferreira and Reynaldo Linares‐Palomino and Casimiro Mendoza and Italo Mesones and Parada, {Germaine Alexander} and Armando Torres‐Lezama and Daniel Villarroel and Roderick Zagt and Alexiades, {Miguel N.} and {Almeida de Oliveira}, Edmar and Fortier, {Riley P.} and Karina Garcia‐Cabrera and Lionel Hernandez and Cuenca, {Walter Palacios} and Susamar Pansini and Daniela Pauletto and {Ramirez Arevalo}, Freddy and {Felipe Sampaio}, Adeilza and {Valderrama Sandoval}, {Elvis H.} and {Valenzuela Gamarra}, Luis and {van der Sande}, Masha and Lourens Poorter and {ter Steege}, Hans",
year = "2025",
month = jan,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1111/1365-2435.14700",
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "181--198",
journal = "Functional Ecology",
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T1 - Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa
AU - Sanchez‐Martinez, Pablo
AU - Dexter, Kyle G.
AU - Draper, Freddie C.
AU - Baraloto, Chris
AU - Leão do Amaral, Iêda
AU - de Souza Coelho, Luiz
AU - de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia
AU - de Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes
AU - Salomão, Rafael P.
AU - Wittmann, Florian
AU - Castilho, Carolina V.
AU - de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo
AU - Guevara, Juan Ernesto
AU - Phillips, Oliver L.
AU - Magnusson, William E.
AU - Sabatier, Daniel
AU - Cardenas Revilla, Juan David
AU - Molino, Jean‐François
AU - Irume, Mariana Victória
AU - Pires Martins, Maria
AU - da Silva Guimarães, José Renan
AU - Ferreira Ramos, José
AU - Bánki, Olaf S.
AU - Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa
AU - Cárdenas López, Dairon
AU - Pitman, Nigel C. A.
AU - Demarchi, Layon O.
AU - Schöngart, Jochen
AU - Garcia Luize, Bruno
AU - Moraes de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia
AU - Núñez Vargas, Percy
AU - Freire Silva, Thiago Sanna
AU - Martins Venticinque, Eduardo
AU - Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
AU - Costa Reis, Neidiane Farias
AU - Terborgh, John
AU - Casula, Katia Regina
AU - Honorio Coronado, Euridice N.
AU - Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel
AU - Montero, Juan Carlos
AU - Costa, Flávia R. C.
AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.
AU - Costa Quaresma, Adriano
AU - Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás
AU - Zartman, Charles Eugene
AU - Killeen, Timothy J.
AU - Marimon, Beatriz S.
AU - Marimon‐Junior, Ben Hur
AU - Vasquez, Rodolfo
AU - Mostacedo, Bonifacio
AU - Assis, Rafael L.
AU - Dantas do Amaral, Dário
AU - Engel, Julien
AU - Castellanos, Hernán
AU - Brilhante de Medeiros, Marcelo
AU - Fragomeni Simon, Marcelo
AU - Andrade, Ana
AU - Camargo, José Luís
AU - Laurance, William F.
AU - Laurance, Susan G. W.
AU - Maniguaje Rincón, Lorena
AU - Schietti, Juliana
AU - Sousa, Thaiane R.
AU - de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle
AU - Lopes, Maria Aparecida
AU - Lima Magalhães, José Leonardo
AU - Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo
AU - Lima de Queiroz, Helder
AU - Aymard, Gerardo
AU - Brienen, Roel
AU - Stevenson, Pablo R.
AU - Araujo‐Murakami, Alejandro
AU - Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Bruno
AU - Baker, Tim R.
AU - Oliveira Feitosa, Yuri
AU - Mogollón, Hugo F.
AU - Peres, Carlos A.
AU - Silman, Miles R.
AU - Ferreira, Leandro Valle
AU - Lozada, José Rafael
AU - Comiskey, James A.
AU - de Toledo, José Julio
AU - Damasco, Gabriel
AU - Dávila, Nállarett
AU - García‐Villacorta, Roosevelt
AU - Lopes, Aline
AU - Vicentini, Alberto
AU - Cornejo Valverde, Fernando
AU - Alonso, Alfonso
AU - Arroyo, Luzmila
AU - Dallmeier, Francisco
AU - Gomes, Vitor H. F.
AU - Neill, David
AU - Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina
AU - Costa Noronha, Janaína
AU - de Aguiar, Daniel P. P.
AU - Rodrigues Barbosa, Flávia
AU - Bredin, Yennie K.
AU - de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen
AU - Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda
AU - Coelho de Souza, Fernanda
AU - Feeley, Kenneth J.
AU - Gribel, Rogerio
AU - Haugaasen, Torbjørn
AU - Hawes, Joseph E.
AU - Petratti Pansonato, Marcelo
AU - Pipoly, John J.
AU - Ríos Paredes, Marcos
AU - de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos
AU - Barlow, Jos
AU - Berenguer, Erika
AU - Brasil da Silva, Izaias
AU - Ferreira, Maria Julia
AU - Ferreira, Joice
AU - Fine, Paul V. A.
AU - Carneiro Guedes, Marcelino
AU - Levis, Carolina
AU - Licona, Juan Carlos
AU - Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo
AU - Vos, Vincent Antoine
AU - Cerón, Carlos
AU - Machado Durgante, Flávia
AU - Fonty, Émile
AU - Henkel, Terry W.
AU - Householder, John Ethan
AU - Huamantupa‐Chuquimaco, Isau
AU - Silveira, Marcos
AU - Stropp, Juliana
AU - Thomas, Raquel
AU - Daly, Doug
AU - Milliken, William
AU - Pardo Molina, Guido
AU - Pennington, Toby
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AU - Weiss Albuquerque, Bianca
AU - Campelo, Wegliane
AU - Fuentes, Alfredo
AU - Klitgaard, Bente
AU - Marcelo Pena, José Luis
AU - Tello, J. Sebastián
AU - Vriesendorp, Corine
AU - Chave, Jerome
AU - Di Fiore, Anthony
AU - Hilário, Renato Richard
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AU - Phillips, Juan Fernando
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AU - de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos
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AU - Gonzales, Therany
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AU - Hoffman, Bruce
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AU - Casas, Luisa Fernanda
AU - Farfan‐Rios, William
AU - Ferreira, Cid
AU - Linares‐Palomino, Reynaldo
AU - Mendoza, Casimiro
AU - Mesones, Italo
AU - Parada, Germaine Alexander
AU - Torres‐Lezama, Armando
AU - Villarroel, Daniel
AU - Zagt, Roderick
AU - Alexiades, Miguel N.
AU - Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar
AU - Fortier, Riley P.
AU - Garcia‐Cabrera, Karina
AU - Hernandez, Lionel
AU - Cuenca, Walter Palacios
AU - Pansini, Susamar
AU - Pauletto, Daniela
AU - Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy
AU - Felipe Sampaio, Adeilza
AU - Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H.
AU - Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis
AU - van der Sande, Masha
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AU - ter Steege, Hans
PY - 2025/1/31
Y1 - 2025/1/31
N2 - Leaf and wood functional traits of trees are related to growth, reproduction, and survival, but the degree of phylogenetic conservatism in these relationships is largely unknown. In this study, we describe the variability of strategies involving leaf, wood and demographic characteristics for tree genera distributed across the Amazon Region, and quantify phylogenetic signal for the characteristics and their relationships. Leaf and wood traits are aligned with demographic variables along two main axes of variation. The first axis represents the coordination of leaf traits describing resource uptake and use, wood density, seed mass, and survival. The second axis represents the coordination between size and growth. Both axes show strong phylogenetic signal, suggesting a constrained evolution influenced by ancestral values, yet the second axis also has an additional, substantial portion of its variation that is driven by functional correlations unrelated to phylogeny, suggesting simultaneously higher evolutionary lability and coordination. Synthesis. Our results suggest that life history strategies of tropical trees are generally phylogenetically conserved, but that tree lineages may have some capability of responding to environmental changes by modulating their growth and size. Overall, we provide the largest‐scale synopsis of functional characteristics of Amazonian trees, showing substantial nuance in the evolutionary patterns of individual characteristics and their relationships. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
AB - Leaf and wood functional traits of trees are related to growth, reproduction, and survival, but the degree of phylogenetic conservatism in these relationships is largely unknown. In this study, we describe the variability of strategies involving leaf, wood and demographic characteristics for tree genera distributed across the Amazon Region, and quantify phylogenetic signal for the characteristics and their relationships. Leaf and wood traits are aligned with demographic variables along two main axes of variation. The first axis represents the coordination of leaf traits describing resource uptake and use, wood density, seed mass, and survival. The second axis represents the coordination between size and growth. Both axes show strong phylogenetic signal, suggesting a constrained evolution influenced by ancestral values, yet the second axis also has an additional, substantial portion of its variation that is driven by functional correlations unrelated to phylogeny, suggesting simultaneously higher evolutionary lability and coordination. Synthesis. Our results suggest that life history strategies of tropical trees are generally phylogenetically conserved, but that tree lineages may have some capability of responding to environmental changes by modulating their growth and size. Overall, we provide the largest‐scale synopsis of functional characteristics of Amazonian trees, showing substantial nuance in the evolutionary patterns of individual characteristics and their relationships. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
KW - phylogenetic conservatism
KW - life history
KW - tropical ecology
KW - functional traits
KW - tree physiology
KW - ecophysiology
KW - macroecology
U2 - 10.1111/1365-2435.14700
DO - 10.1111/1365-2435.14700
M3 - Journal article
VL - 39
SP - 181
EP - 198
JO - Functional Ecology
JF - Functional Ecology
SN - 0269-8463
IS - 1
ER -
