Plant spectral diversity integrates functional and phylogenetic components of biodiversity and predicts ecosystem function

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 976-982

  Schweiger, Anna K ^a   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a   Townsend, Philip A ^b   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Madritch, Michael D ^c   Wang, Ran ^d   Tilman, David ^a,e   Gamon, John A ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MINNESOTA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MINNESOTA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 85046892676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0551-1     Document Type: Article

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