Selection on trait combinations along environmental gradients |
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| Authors: | John M. Dwyer Daniel C. Laughlin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;2. CSIRO Land and Water, Ecosciences Precinct, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;3. University of Wyoming, Department of Botany, Laramie, WY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Plant species are sorted into communities along environmental gradients. In this issue of the Journal of Vegetation Science, Schellenberger Costa et al. report how the means and dispersion of community trait distributions change with temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients and anthropogenic disturbance. We highlight the value of existing trait metrics for understanding habitat filtering and describe a new approach using trait covariance. |
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