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Let the concept of trait be functional!

Oikos, 2007
In its simplest definition, a trait is a surrogate of organismal performance, and this meaning of the term has been used by evolutionists for a long time. Over the last three decades, developments in community and ecosystem ecology have forced the concept of trait beyond these original boundaries, and trait‐based approaches are now widely used in ...
Violle, Cyrille, Navas, Marie-Laure, Vile, Denis, Kazakou, Elena, Fortunel, Claire, Hummel, Irène, Garnier, Éric   +6 more
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Animal functional traits: Towards a trait‐based ecology for whole ecosystems [PDF]

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 ...
Matthias Schleuning, Daniel García, Joseph A. Tobias   +2 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, Igor Nenadić, Igor Nenadić   +2 more
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Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology [PDF]

Journal of Ecology, 2022
Abstract A major aim of ecology is to upscale attributes of individuals to understand processes at population, community and ecosystem scales.
Walker, Tom, Alexander, Jake, Allard, Pierre‐marie, Baines, Oliver, Baldy, Virginie, Bardgett, Richard, Capdevila, Pol, Coley, Phyllis, David, Bruno, Defossez, Emmanuel, Endara, María‐josé, Ernst, Madeleine, Fernandez, Catherine, Forrister, Dale, Gargallo-Garriga, Albert, Jassey, Vincent, Marr, Sue, Neumann, Steffen, Pellissier, Loïc, Peñuelas, Josep, Peters, Kristian, Rasmann, Sergio, Roessner, Ute, Sardans, Jordi, Schrodt, Franziska, Schuman, Meredith, Soule, Abrianna, Uthe, Henriette, Weckwerth, Wolfram, Wolfender, Jean‐luc, Dam, Nicole, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto   +31 more
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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, Hadjipantelis, PZ, Moriarty, J, Springate, DA, Knight, CG   +4 more
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Functional trait network analysis in birds. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Functional traits are those whose variation affects fitness. We compared the interdependence of beak and postcranial functional morphological traits across birds with different lifestyle strategies and trophic niches to identify those traits that drive major phenotypic changes, and tested for differences in modular organization and integration among ...
De Mendoza RS, Carril J, Tambussi CP.
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Widespread variation in functional trait–vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient [PDF]

, 2022
A fundamental assumption of functional ecology is that functional traits are related to interspecific variation in performance. However, the relationship between functional traits and performance is often weak or uncertain, especially for plants.
Luke Browne, Engelbrecht, Bettina, Eric Manzané‐Pinzón, Lars Markesteijn, Bagchi, Robert, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Jones, F. Andrew, Comita, Liza S., Robert Bagchi, Browne, Luke, Liza S. Comita, S. Joseph Wright, F. Andrew Jones, Markesteijn, Lars, Manzané-Pinzón, Eric, Wright, S. Joseph   +15 more
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A dataset on African bats’ functional traits

Scientific Data, 2023
AbstractTrait-based approaches are becoming extremely common in ecological modeling and the availability of traits databases is increasing. However, data availability is often biased towards particular regions and taxa, with many taxa (e.g., bats) often under-represented.
Francesca Cosentino, Giorgia Castiello, Luigi Maiorano   +2 more
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Macroinvertebrate traits in Arctic streams reveal latitudinal patterns in physiology and habits that are strongly linked to climate

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionArctic freshwater ecosystems are undergoing rapid environmental transformation because of climate change, which is predicted to produce fundamental alterations in river community structure and function.MethodsWe explored how climate change ...
Jennifer Lento, Danny C. P. Lau, John E. Brittain, John E. Brittain, Joseph M. Culp, Willem Goedkoop   +5 more
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Feet and legs malformation in Nellore cattle: genetic analysis and prioritization of GWAS results

Frontiers in Genetics, 2023
Beef cattle affected by feet and legs malformations (FLM) cannot perform their productive and reproductive functions satisfactorily, resulting in significant economic losses.
Thales de Lima Silva, Cedric Gondro, Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca, Delvan Alves da Silva, Giovana Vargas, Haroldo Henrique de Rezende Neves, Ivan Carvalho Filho, Caio de Souza Teixeira, Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque, Roberto Carvalheiro, Roberto Carvalheiro   +11 more
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