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Functional trait diversity maximizes ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017 Understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has been a core ecological research topic over the past decades. Although a key hypothesis is that the diversity of functional traits determines ecosystem functioning, we do ...
N. Gross +5 more
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Narcissistic Traits and Executive Functions [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Several personality disorders have been associated with cognitive impairment, including executive functions like working memory. Yet, it is unclear whether subclinical expression in non-clinical persons is associated with cognitive functioning. Recent studies indicate that non-clinical subjects might, in fact, perform better with increasing moderate to
Igor Nenadić +2 more
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Animal functional traits: Towards a trait‐based ecology for whole ecosystems
Functional Ecology, 2023 Abstract Functional traits and associated trait‐based concepts have driven rapid innovation in ecology over recent years, with most progress based on insights from plants. However, plants are almost entirely restricted to a single trophic level, and an over‐reliance on plant traits therefore neglects the complexity and importance of biotic ...
M. Schleuning, D. García, J. Tobias
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Function-valued traits in evolution [PDF]
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2013 Many biological characteristics of evolutionary interest are not scalar variables but continuous functions. Given a dataset of function-valued traits generated by evolution, we develop a practical, statistical approach to infer ancestral function-valued traits, and estimate the generative evolutionary process.
Jones, NS +4 more
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Assessing the vulnerability of plant functional trait strategies to climate change
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022 Aim: Our ability to understand how species may respond to changing climate conditions is hampered by a lack of high-quality data on the adaptive capacity of species.
S. C. Andrew +4 more
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Ecosphere, 2021 Functional traits mediate species' responses to, and roles within, their environment and are constrained by evolutionary history. While we have a strong understanding of trait evolution for macro‐taxa such as birds and mammals, our understanding of ...
Jacob D. Stachewicz +5 more
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Soil Compaction Drives an Intra-Genotype Leaf Economics Spectrum in Wine Grapes
Agriculture, 2022 Intraspecific trait variation is a critical determinant of ecosystem processes, especially in agroecosystems where single species or genotypes exist in very high abundance. Yet to date, only a small number of studies have evaluated if, how, or why traits
Adam R. Martin +5 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Using 642 forest plots from three regions in Germany, we analyzed the direct and indirect effects of forest management intensity and of environmental variables on lichen functional diversity (FDis).
Steffen Boch +8 more
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A dataset of functional traits for compound pinnate leaves of plants in the Huangshui River Valley of Qinghai Province, China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Here, we present data collected from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau that describes the variation of leaf functional traits across 32 plant species and could be used to investigate plant community functioning and predict the impact of climate change on ...
Qian Wang +4 more
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Identity of mass-flowering crops moderates functional trait composition of pollinator communities
Landscape Ecology, 2021 Pollinator declines and functional homogenization of farmland insect communities have been reported. Mass-flowering crops (MFC) can support pollinators by providing floral resources.
N. Beyer +3 more
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