Trait covariance: the functional warp of plant diversity?

Anthony P Walker; M Luke McCormack; Julie Messier; Isla H Myers-Smith; Stan D Wullschleger

doi:10.1111/nph.14853

Trait covariance: the functional warp of plant diversity?

New Phytol. 2017 Dec;216(4):976-980. doi: 10.1111/nph.14853.

Authors

Anthony P Walker¹, M Luke McCormack², Julie Messier³, Isla H Myers-Smith⁴, Stan D Wullschleger¹

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Sciences Division & Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
² Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
³ Biology Department, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada.
⁴ School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK.

PMID: 29110312
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14853

No abstract available

Keywords: ecosystem models; plant strategies; plant trait; root and mycorrhizal traits; terrestrial biosphere models; trait covariance; trait-based modelling.

MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
Congresses as Topic
Ecosystem
Phenotype
Plant Physiological Phenomena*
Plant Roots / physiology
Plants / classification*