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Complexity vs linearity: relations between functional traits in a heterotrophic protist.
BMC ecology and evolution - 11 Jan 2023
Svendsen Nils A, Radchuk Viktoriia, Morel-Journel Thibaut, Thuillier Virginie, Schtickzelle Nicolas
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BACKGROUND: Functional traits are phenotypic traits that affect an organism's performance and shape ecosystem-level processes. The main challenge when using functional traits to quantify biodiversity is to choose which ones to measure since effort and money are limited. As one way of dealing with this, Hodgson et al. (Oikos 85:282, 1999) introduced the idea of two types of traits, with soft traits that are easy...
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