Variation in species‐level plant functional traits over wetland indicator status categories
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Variation in species‐level plant functional traits over wetland indicator status categories
Wetland indicator status (WIS) describes the habitat affinity of plant species and is used in wetland delineations and resource inventories. Understanding how species-level functional traits vary across WIS categories may improve designations, elucidate mechanisms of adaptation, and explain habitat optima and niche. We investigated differences in species-level traits of riparian flora across WI...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2045-7758,2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2975