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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Leaf Trait-Based Profiling to Select
High-Performing Woody Plant
Species for Land Restoration
1
Research Center for Applied Botany-BRIN, KST Dr. (H.C.) Ir. Soekarno, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46,
Cibinong, Bogor, West Java 1691, Indonesia
2
Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology-BRIN, KST Dr. (H.C.) Ir. Soekarno, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46,
Cibinong, Bogor, West Java 1691, Indonesia
Submission date: 2024-03-15
Final revision date: 2024-07-25
Acceptance date: 2024-08-05
Online publication date: 2024-11-07
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6323-6335
KEYWORDS
Specific leaf area (SLA)land restorationfunctional traitsleaf dry matter content (LDMC)plant life strategy
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Bringing ecosystem services back to degraded areas through land restoration is a complex task
across countries. For the establishment of vegetation, selecting high-performing plant species using
ecological trait-based profiling was conducted to initiate restoration projects. Six-leaf ecological
traits of twelve plant species were investigated, including Specific Leaf Area (SLA), Leaf Dry
Matter Content (LDMC), Leaf Nitrogen Concentration (LNC), chlorophyll content, stomatal density,
and stomata aperture size. The correlation between SLA and LNC, and also SLA and LDMC,
indicated plant trade-offs in growth and life history strategy related to herbivory and flammability,
respectively. SLA and LDMC are considered two strong predictors of plant performance which serve as
the main requirement for selecting plant species in restoration, especially in growth performance (SLA),
flammability, and herbivore resistance (LDMC). Moreover, according to the tropical Malesian region,
leaf traits of exotic species Swietenia macrophylla and Ficus religiosa indicated a risk of invasiveness
to some extent. Among ten native species, Protium javanicum, Syzygium polyantum, Canarium vulgare,
and Artocarpus heterophyllus are considered the pioneer species in restoration. The pioneers with
intensive weed control are Durio zibethinus and Cinnamomum sintoc. Whilst, the other native species
Cynometra schefferi, Dimocarpus longan, Garcinia dulcis, Diospyros celebica are considered inserted
species. We demonstrated that plant profiling using eco-physiological traits takes an important role
in plant species selection, which serves as a critical stage in successful restoration programs.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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