Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time
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Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time.
Plant communities can respond to environmental changes by altering their species composition and by individuals (within species) adjusting their physiology. These responses can be captured by measuring key functional traits among and within species along important environmental gradients. Some anthropogenic changes (such as fertilizer runoff) are known to induce distinct community responses, bu...
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M. G. Matias ([email protected]), C. L. Pereira and M. B. Araújo, InBio/CIBIO, Univ. of Évora, Largo dos Colegiais, PT-7000 Évora, Portugal. MGM also at: Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire, UK. MBA also at: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natl Hist. Mus. of Denmark, Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and: Museo Naciona...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0012-9658
DOI: 10.1890/13-0412.1