Article
Linking individual-level functional traits to tree growth in a subtropical forest.
Ecology - 1 Sept 2016
Liu Xiaojuan, Swenson Nathan G, Lin Dunmei, Mi Xiangcheng, Umaña María Natalia, Schmid Bernhard, Ma Keping
Abstract excerpt
Forging strong links between traits and performance is essential for understanding and predicting community assembly and dynamics. Functional trait analyses of trees that have correlated single-trait values with measures of performance such as growth and mortality have generally found weak relationships. A reason for these weak relationships is the failure to use individual-level trait data while simultaneously...
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