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Exploring the impact of trait number and type on functional diversity metrics in real-world ecosystems.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Ohlert Timothy, Kimmel Kaitlin, Avolio Meghan, Chang Cynthia, Forrestel Elisabeth, Gerstner Benjamin, Hobbie Sarah E, Komastu Kimberly, Reich Peter, Whitney Kenneth
Abstract excerpt
The use of trait-based approaches to understand ecological communities has increased in the past two decades because of their promise to preserve more information about community structure than taxonomic methods and their potential to connect community responses to subsequent effects of ecosystem functioning. Though trait-based approaches are a powerful tool for describing ecological communities, many important...
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