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A core-transient framework for trait-based community ecology: an example from a tropical tree seedling community.
Ecology letters - 1 May 2017
Umaña Maria Natalia, Zhang Caicai, Cao Min, Lin Luxiang, Swenson Nathan G
Abstract excerpt
Trait-based studies in community ecology have generally focused on the community as a unit where all species occur due to stochasticity, determinism or some mixture of the two. However, the processes governing population dynamics may vary greatly among species. We propose a core-transient framework for trait-based community studies where a core group of species has a strong link to the local environment while...
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