{"id":99,"date":"2019-01-22T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab-new\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:01:44","slug":"functional-structure-of-tree-communities-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/research\/functional-structure-of-tree-communities-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Functional Strategies of Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f475f5db89aaaa76cccee2b9c3bf9aca\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:66.66%;flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0914bb0d363aafae0414c9f95925cbd2\">Defining Functional Strategies of Trees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0eee8132076ddd95e1636827533ba798 wp-block-paragraph\">At our Lab, we study species phenotypes and how they respond to the environment, ultimately shaping their fitness. Phenotypes are shaped by a combination of various functional traits that often interact with each other due to trade-offs, leading to defined trait dimensions. These dimensions play are important for classifying and characterizing species into distinct ecological strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-575d4223c143a2dd4ebdb5e7c70a77f2 wp-block-paragraph\">While current knowledge predominantly focuses on leaf traits, we are actively developing projects aimed at characterizing the functional dimensions of trees. One such project was initiated in the summer of 2019 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/esgr\/\">E.S. George Reserve<\/a> in Michigan. We are investigating the intriguing relationships between leaf and root economics spectra, exploring how these traits vary along a soil fertility gradient. Check out our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/blogs\/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int\/2020\/08\/18\/connecting-roots-leaves-studying-diversity-plant-functions-temperate-forest\/\">&nbsp;blog<\/a> and video about this project to learn more about our research and the exciting discoveries we are making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56ebf87b3c2bf2220b62d39dd972af88 wp-block-paragraph\">More recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab-new\/people\/\">Sam,<\/a> is developing his PhD project on examining role of mycorrhizal associations mediating plant resource uptake and shaping the belowground functional strategies for common and broadly distributed tree species in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dc752f65d850da7762a19520ca0b317e wp-block-paragraph\">Check out a video we make and our most recent publications on this topic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27ac0a83a5cad0b01b8ba41c8c861cd0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weemstra, M.<\/strong> , Kyuper T., Stark F., and&nbsp;<strong>Uma\u00f1a M.N<\/strong>. 2022. Incorporating belowground traits: Avenues towards a whole-tree perspective on performance.&nbsp;<em>Oikos<\/em>&nbsp;e08827. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/oik.08827. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-303a2f0b00919a420479aa50f0827b93 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pu X.<\/strong>, <strong>Weemstra, M.<\/strong> , Jin G. and<strong>&nbsp;Uma\u00f1a M.N.<\/strong>&nbsp;2022 Tree mycorrhizal type mediates conspecific negative density dependence effects on seedling herbivory, growth, and survival.&nbsp;<em>Oecologia<\/em>&nbsp;199: 907-918. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2117af3aca33ac47b05ada7afc48a57a wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weemstra M.<\/strong>, Zambrano J., Allen D., <strong>Uma\u00f1a M.N. <\/strong>2021<em>. <\/em>Tree growth increases through opposing above- and belowground resource strategies. <em>Journal of Ecology<\/em> 109: 3502-3512. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1365-2745.13729.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/502681629?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"910\" height=\"512\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:33.33%;flex-basis:33.33%\"><form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/\" class=\"wp-block-search__no-button wp-block-search\"    ><label class=\"wp-block-search__label screen-reader-text\" for=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" >Search<\/label><div class=\"wp-block-search__inside-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 75%\"><input class=\"wp-block-search__input\" id=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" placeholder=\"Search ...\" value=\"\" type=\"search\" name=\"s\" required \/><\/div><\/form>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a95c796843175f4cbb2825ba5909590\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c958cb35d1141a90b84011d0410c05d6 wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00eda Natalia Uma\u00f1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b9c0dde38be317c455bef97576a505ea wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecology and EVolutionary Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5fc0bb57b547f80c0cfcefba4b124c7 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:maumana@umich.edu\">MAUMANA@UMICH.EDU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f9d8fdb2a6a0efe25f83c3f58b770ae wp-block-paragraph\">3142 Biological Sciences Building<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2573,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tw-no-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2573"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/452"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/umanalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}