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Which, when, and where traits matter: functional trait-mediated species associations shift with microenvironmental and climatic variation.
The New phytologist - 1 Sept 2026
Antorán Ezequiel, Calatayud Joaquín, Peralta Ana L, Escudero Adrián, Sánchez Ana M, Luzuriaga Arantzazu L, de la Cruz Marcelino
Abstract excerpt
Predicting coexistence in species-rich plant communities requires understanding the role of functional traits in species interactions and the stability of these associations to environmental variation. In a manipulative factorial field experiment in an annual community (> 45 500 individuals and 45 species), we followed plant associations from seedling to adult on both preserved and altered biological soil crust...
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