Leaf traits within communities: Context may affect the mapping of traits to function

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1893-1897

  Funk, Jennifer L ^a   Cornwell, William K ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon capture; Community ecology; Functional trait; GLOPNET database; Leaf economics spectrum, LES; Leaf life span; Leaf mass per unit area; Leaf trait variation; LMA; Photosynthesis; Trait based ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS TREE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84884860150     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1602.1     Document Type: Article

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