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Why can't we predict traits from the environment?

The New phytologist - 1 Mar 2023

Anderegg Leander D L

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Plant functional traits are powerful ecological tools, but the relationships between plant traits and climate (or environmental variables more broadly) are often remarkably weak. This presents a paradox: Plant traits govern plant interactions with their environment, but the environment does not strongly predict the traits of plants living there. Unpacking this paradox requires differentiating the mechanisms of...

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PMID: 36308517
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18586

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