Global trait-environment relationships extend to the tidal-dominated mangrove biome

Global trait-environment relationships extend to the tidal-dominated mangrove biome | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Global trait-environment relationships extend to the tidal-dominated mangrove biome Lili Tang, Ruili Li, Bing Li, Han Wang This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6186790/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Plant functional traits, the key to driving carbon cycling and the energy balance of ecosystems, are widely demonstrated associated with environments across a wide range of biomes. However, it is unknown whether global trait-environmental relationships extend to climatic extremes. We tested if these relationships hold in the environmental extremes of forest on Earth using a compiled database of mangrove plant leaf traits from 338 individuals across 58 species, 71 sites worldwide. We show that mangroves were clustered at the conservative end along the leaf economic spectrum axis of global vascular plants. Mangrove leaf traits were significantly ( p < 0.05) correlated with salinity, tidal current velocity and mean temperature diurnal range (Bio2), and were seen to undergo changes in response to future environmental changes. Trait-environmental relationships are thus generalizable to the tidal-dominated forest, informing prediction of mangrove ecosystem function shifts in a changing world. Conservation Biology Ecological Modeling Mangrove Plant functional traits Global change AEP and IWP mangrove biome Hydrology Climate Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Supplementary Files SupportingInformation.docx Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. Also discoverable on Platform About Our Team In Review Editorial Policies Advisory Board Help Center Resources Author Services Accessibility API Access RSS feed Manage Cookie Preferences © Research Square 2026 | ISSN 2693-5015 (online) Privacy Policy Terms of Service Do Not Sell My Personal Information {"props":{"pageProps":{"initialData":{"identity":"rs-6186790","acceptedTermsAndConditions":true,"allowDirectSubmit":true,"archivedVersions":[],"articleType":"Research Article","associatedPublications":[],"authors":[{"id":426115129,"identity":"7fdc1100-596c-4452-9441-ea2a68d0586d","order_by":0,"name":"Lili Tang","email":"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAZAAAAAyAQMAAABI0h/eAAAABlBMVEX///8AAABVwtN+AAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAA5ElEQVRIiWNgGAWjYBACPmbmBoaEChCT+QCQkJAhqIWNmbGB4cEZAxAzAaSFh7AWBsYGxodtIC08IIKBCC3sjG0SCWx/5M3513x+daPGgoeB/fDRDQQcBtTCY2C4c8bbbdY5x4AO40lLu0FYi4QB44YbZ7cZ57ABtUjwmBGhxcDAfsONM8+Mc/4RrSXBIHHD+R7mx7ltxGlptkg4YJy84QabGXNunwQPGyG/8PMfPnjz5z852w3nDz/+nPOtTo6f/fAxvFqAgEUCTAGDGsxgI6AcBJg/QOw7AGWMglEwCkbBKEADADlERXTs+5POAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6289-8990","institution":"Peking university","correspondingAuthor":true,"prefix":"","firstName":"Lili","middleName":"","lastName":"Tang","suffix":""},{"id":426115130,"identity":"7d31267d-d320-446a-af9c-18385f7a774d","order_by":1,"name":"Ruili Li","email":"","orcid":"","institution":"Peking University","correspondingAuthor":false,"prefix":"","firstName":"Ruili","middleName":"","lastName":"Li","suffix":""},{"id":426115131,"identity":"d5b1fbcb-e410-4242-a312-fc059e895ba1","order_by":2,"name":"Bing Li","email":"","orcid":"","institution":"Tsinghua University","correspondingAuthor":false,"prefix":"","firstName":"Bing","middleName":"","lastName":"Li","suffix":""},{"id":426115132,"identity":"7bbcc8cd-5102-4d41-95fa-0bdf0185bacc","order_by":3,"name":"Han Wang","email":"","orcid":"","institution":"Tsinghua University","correspondingAuthor":false,"prefix":"","firstName":"Han","middleName":"","lastName":"Wang","suffix":""}],"badges":[],"createdAt":"2025-03-09 05:05:40","currentVersionCode":1,"declarations":{"humanSubjects":false,"vertebrateSubjects":false,"conflictsOfInterestStatement":false,"humanSubjectEthicalGuidelines":false,"humanSubjectConsent":false,"humanSubjectClinicalTrial":false,"humanSubjectCaseReport":false,"vertebrateSubjectEthicalGuidelines":false},"doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-6186790/v1","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6186790/v1","draftVersion":[],"editorialEvents":[],"editorialNote":"","failedWorkflow":false,"files":[{"id":78212778,"identity":"27b7fcbd-522f-48db-9323-8754aef64565","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-03-11 04:03:13","extension":"pdf","order_by":1,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"manuscript-pdf","size":766754,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"","description":"","filename":"Maindocument.pdf","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-6186790/v1_covered_4552d1a0-6829-4d00-bbe2-66e4b1bec1bd.pdf"},{"id":78212562,"identity":"77740a59-b3e4-4efa-9e9a-71ab8fbedccb","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-03-11 03:55:11","extension":"docx","order_by":1,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":1557493,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"","description":"","filename":"SupportingInformation.docx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-6186790/v1/d5e06d2bf812846ad1344aca.docx"}],"financialInterests":"The authors declare no competing interests.","formattedTitle":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobal trait-environment relationships extend to the tidal-dominated mangrove biome\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","fulltext":[],"fulltextSource":"","fullText":"","funders":[],"hasAdminPriorityOnWorkflow":false,"hasManuscriptDocX":false,"hasOptedInToPreprint":true,"hasPassedJournalQc":"","hasAnyPriority":true,"hideJournal":true,"highlight":"","institution":"Peking University","isAcceptedByJournal":false,"isAuthorSuppliedPdf":true,"isDeskRejected":"","isHiddenFromSearch":false,"isInQc":false,"isInWorkflow":false,"isPdf":true,"isPdfUpToDate":true,"isWithdrawnOrRetracted":false,"journal":{"display":true,"email":"[email protected]","identity":"researchsquare","isNatureJournal":false,"hasQc":true,"allowDirectSubmit":true,"externalIdentity":"","sideBox":"","snPcode":"","submissionUrl":"/submission","title":"Research Square","twitterHandle":"researchsquare","acdcEnabled":true,"dfaEnabled":false,"editorialSystem":"","reportingPortfolio":"","inReviewEnabled":false,"inReviewRevisionsEnabled":true},"keywords":"Mangrove, Plant functional traits, Global change, AEP and IWP mangrove biome, Hydrology, Climate","lastPublishedDoi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-6186790/v1","lastPublishedDoiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6186790/v1","license":{"name":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},"manuscriptAbstract":"\u003cp\u003ePlant functional traits, the key to driving carbon cycling and the energy balance of ecosystems, are widely demonstrated associated with environments across a wide range of biomes. However, it is unknown whether global trait-environmental relationships extend to climatic extremes. We tested if these relationships hold in the environmental extremes of forest on Earth using a compiled database of mangrove plant leaf traits from 338 individuals across 58 species, 71 sites worldwide. We show that mangroves were clustered at the conservative end along the leaf economic spectrum axis of global vascular plants. Mangrove leaf traits were significantly (\u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e \u0026lt; 0.05) correlated with salinity, tidal current velocity and mean temperature diurnal range (Bio2), and were seen to undergo changes in response to future environmental changes. Trait-environmental relationships are thus generalizable to the tidal-dominated forest, informing prediction of mangrove ecosystem function shifts in a changing world.\u003c/p\u003e","manuscriptTitle":"Global trait-environment relationships extend to the tidal-dominated mangrove biome","msid":"","msnumber":"","nonDraftVersions":[{"code":1,"date":"2025-03-11 03:55:07","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-6186790/v1","editorialEvents":[{"type":"communityComments","content":0}],"status":"published","journal":{"display":true,"email":"[email protected]","identity":"researchsquare","isNatureJournal":false,"hasQc":true,"allowDirectSubmit":true,"externalIdentity":"","sideBox":"","snPcode":"","submissionUrl":"/submission","title":"Research Square","twitterHandle":"researchsquare","acdcEnabled":true,"dfaEnabled":false,"editorialSystem":"","reportingPortfolio":"","inReviewEnabled":false,"inReviewRevisionsEnabled":true}}],"origin":"","ownerIdentity":"9edde0a5-8eb9-41e6-b137-5f97ed97a9c4","owner":[],"postedDate":"March 11th, 2025","published":true,"recentEditorialEvents":[],"rejectedJournal":[],"revision":"","amendment":"","status":"posted","subjectAreas":[{"id":45409269,"name":"Conservation Biology"},{"id":45409270,"name":"Ecological Modeling"}],"tags":[],"updatedAt":"2025-03-11T03:55:07+00:00","versionOfRecord":[],"versionCreatedAt":"2025-03-11 03:55:07","video":"","vorDoi":"","vorDoiUrl":"","workflowStages":[]},"version":"v1","identity":"rs-6186790","journalConfig":"researchsquare"},"__N_SSP":true},"page":"/article/[identity]/[[...version]]","query":{"redirect":"/article/rs-6186790","identity":"rs-6186790","version":["v1"]},"buildId":"XKTyCvWXoU3ODBz1xrDgd","isFallback":false,"isExperimentalCompile":false,"dynamicIds":[84888],"gssp":true,"scriptLoader":[]}