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A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services.
Sandra Lavorel,Jonathan Storkey,Richard D. Bardgett,Francesco de Bello,Matty P. Berg,Xavier Le Roux,Marco Moretti,Christian Mulder,Robin J. Pakeman,Sandra Díaz,Richard Harrington +10 more
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A novel conceptual framework is presented that proposes to apply trait-based approaches to predicting the impact of environmental change on ecosystem service delivery by multi-trophic systems by leveraging the response-effect trait approach to capture functional relationships that drive trophic interactions.Abstract:
A novel conceptual framework is presented that proposes to apply trait-based approaches to predicting the impact of environmental change on ecosystem service delivery by multi-trophic systems. Development of the framework was based on an extension of the response-effect trait approach to capture functional relationships that drive trophic interactions. The framework was populated with worked examples to demonstrate its flexibility and value for linking disparate data sources, identifying knowledge gaps and generating hypotheses for quantitative models. A novel conceptual framework, based on an extension of the plant response - effect trait approach, proposes to apply trait-based approaches to predicting the impact of environmental change on ecosystem services delivered by multiple trophic levels. We demonstrate the flexibility and value of the framework for linking disparate data sources, identifying knowledge gaps and generating hypotheses for quantitative models. © 2013 International Association for Vegetation Science.read more
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Linking multidimensional functional diversity to quantitative methods: a graphical hypothesis--evaluation framework.
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Networking Agroecology: Integrating the Diversity of Agroecosystem Interactions
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Key ecological research questions for Central European forests
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On the development of a predictive functional trait approach for studying terrestrial arthropods.
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A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide
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Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail
Sandra Lavorel,Eric Garnier +1 more
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TRY - a global database of plant traits
Jens Kattge,Sandra Díaz,Sandra Lavorel,Iain Colin Prentice,Paul Leadley,Gerhard Bönisch,Eric Garnier,Mark Westoby,Peter B. Reich,Peter B. Reich,Ian J. Wright,Johannes H. C. Cornelissen,Cyrille Violle,Sandy P. Harrison,P.M. van Bodegom,Markus Reichstein,Brian J. Enquist,Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia,David D. Ackerly,Madhur Anand,Owen K. Atkin,Michael Bahn,Timothy R. Baker,Dennis D. Baldocchi,Renée M. Bekker,Carolina C. Blanco,Benjamin Blonder,William J. Bond,Ross A. Bradstock,Daniel E. Bunker,Fernando Casanoves,Jeannine Cavender-Bares,Jeffrey Q. Chambers,F. S. Chapin,Jérôme Chave,David A. Coomes,William K. Cornwell,Joseph M. Craine,B. H. Dobrin,Leandro da Silva Duarte,Walter Durka,James J. Elser,Gerd Esser,Marc Estiarte,William F. Fagan,Jingyun Fang,Fernando Fernández-Méndez,Alessandra Fidelis,Bryan Finegan,Olivier Flores,H. Ford,Dorothea Frank,Grégoire T. Freschet,Nikolaos M. Fyllas,Rachael V. Gallagher,Walton A. Green,Alvaro G. Gutiérrez,Thomas Hickler,Steven I. Higgins,John G. Hodgson,Adel Jalili,Steven Jansen,Carlos Alfredo Joly,Andrew J. Kerkhoff,Don Kirkup,Kaoru Kitajima,Michael Kleyer,Stefan Klotz,Johannes M. H. Knops,Koen Kramer,Ingolf Kühn,Hiroko Kurokawa,Daniel C. Laughlin,Tali D. Lee,Michelle R. Leishman,Frederic Lens,Tanja Lenz,Simon L. Lewis,Jon Lloyd,Jon Lloyd,Joan Llusià,Frédérique Louault,Siyan Ma,Miguel D. Mahecha,Peter Manning,Tara Joy Massad,Belinda E. Medlyn,Julie Messier,Angela T. Moles,Sandra Cristina Müller,Karin Nadrowski,Shahid Naeem,Ülo Niinemets,S. Nöllert,A. Nüske,Romà Ogaya,Jacek Oleksyn,Vladimir G. Onipchenko,Yusuke Onoda,Jenny C. Ordoñez,Gerhard E. Overbeck,Wim A. Ozinga,Sandra Patiño,Susana Paula,Juli G. Pausas,Josep Peñuelas,Oliver L. Phillips,Valério D. Pillar,Hendrik Poorter,Lourens Poorter,Peter Poschlod,Andreas Prinzing,Raphaël Proulx,Anja Rammig,Sabine Reinsch,Björn Reu,Lawren Sack,Beatriz Salgado-Negret,Jordi Sardans,Satomi Shiodera,Bill Shipley,Andrew Siefert,Enio E. Sosinski,Jean-François Soussana,Emily Swaine,Nathan G. Swenson,Ken Thompson,Peter E. Thornton,Matthew S. Waldram,Evan Weiher,Michael T. White,S. White,S. J. Wright,Benjamin Yguel,Sönke Zaehle,Amy E. Zanne,Christian Wirth +136 more
TL;DR: TRY as discussed by the authors is a global database of plant traits, including morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants and their organs, which can be used for a wide range of research from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology to biogeography.
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