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Using functional trait diversity to infer community assembly mechanisms: an exclosure experiment as an example |
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| Authors: | Xiaoqin Liu Xiang Zhang Lifeng Zhang Yingnian Li Liang Zhao Shixiao Xu Yubao Gao and Song Gu |
| Institution: | 1. College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, No. 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China;2. Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 23 Xinning Road, Xining, Qinghai 810008, China; *Correspondence address. College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, No. 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China. Tel: +86 022 23508245; E-mail: songgu@nankai.edu.cn;These authors contributed equally to this work.; |
| Abstract: | Aims The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau has a mean altitude exceeding 4000 m and covers about 2.5 million km2. More than 60% of this area is alpine grassland. Exclosures have been widely used in this region to study the sustainable use of grassland resources. We used patterns of functional trait diversity to infer the effects of exclosures on community assembly in alpine meadows. |
| Keywords: | environmental filtering competitive interaction null model functional trait composition functional trait distribution alpine meadow |
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