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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3371-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3371-2017
Research article
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14 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2017

On the challenges of using field spectroscopy to measure the impact of soil type on leaf traits

Matheus H. Nunes, Matthew P. Davey, and David A. Coomes

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The paper investigates whether variability in leaf traits is greater between tree species or soil type and whether field spectroscopy is effective at predicting intraspecific variation in leaf traits as well as interspecific differences. The influences of species identity on traits were generally much stronger than within-species differences related to soil type. This study demonstrates the value of spectroscopy, but highlights problems with predicting within-species variation indirectly.
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