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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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Which trait dissimilarity for functional diversity: trait means or trait overlap?

Journal of Vegetation Science, 2013
AbstractQuestionMany functional diversity indices require the calculation of functional trait dissimilarities between species. However, very little is known about how the dissimilarity measure used might affect conclusions about ecological processes drawn from functional diversity.MethodsWe simulated real applications of functional diversity, to ...
de Bello, Francesco, Carmona, Carlos P., Sebastià, Ma. T., Leps, Jan, Mason, Norman W. H.   +4 more
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Emerging Patterns of Microbial Functional Traits

Trends in Microbiology, 2021
Functional traits are measurable characteristics that affect an organism's fitness under certain environmental conditions. The use of functional traits in microbial ecology holds great promise for improving our ability to develop biogeochemical models and predict ecosystem responses to global changes.
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Inherited traits affecting platelet function

Blood Reviews, 2008
Inherited platelet disorders constitute a large group of diseases involving a wide range of genetic defects that can lead to bleeding symptoms of varying severity. They are associated with defects in surface membrane glycoproteins resulting in e.g.
Isabelle I, Salles, Hendrik B, Feys, Brecht F, Iserbyt, Simon F, De Meyer, Karen, Vanhoorelbeke, Hans, Deckmyn   +5 more
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Predicting communities from functional traits

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2015
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Marc W, Cadotte, Carlos A, Arnillas, Stuart W, Livingstone, Simone-Louise E, Yasui   +3 more
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Optimizing selection for function-valued traits

Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2007
We consider a function-valued trait z(t) whose pre-selection distribution is Gaussian, and a fitness function W that models optimizing selection, subject to certain natural assumptions. We show that the post-selection distribution of z(t) is also Gaussian, compute the selection differential, and derive an equation that expresses the selection gradient ...
Beder, Jay H., Gomulkiewicz, Richard
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Pulmonary Function in Sickle Cell Trait

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1987
Pulmonary function abnormalities, which have been reported to occur in persons with sickle cell trait (hemoglobin AS), could intensify the hypoxic stimulus for the systemic formation of sickle cells at high altitude. We sought to determine whether pulmonary function abnormalities occur as a result of exposure to high altitudes in persons with ...
T A, Dillard, J A, Kark, K R, Rajagopal, J A, Key, J J, Canik, C J, Ruehle   +5 more
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Transalp Functional Traits

Functional traits and ecosystem functions data from whole-community transplant experiment in Frech Alps, Col du ...
Bektaş, Billur, Münkemüller, Tamara
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Microplastics and the functional traits of fishes: A global meta‐analysis

Global Change Biology, 2021
Manuel Berlino, Maria Cristina Mangano, Gianluca Sara   +2 more
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Functions, Classes, and Traits

2022
Gunnard Engebreth, Satej Kumar Sahu
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