A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems
2020
Wigley, Benjamin | Charles-Dominique, Tristan | Hempson, Gareth | Stevens, Nicola | te Beest, Mariska | Archibald, Sally | Bond, William | Bunney, Katherine | Coetsee, Corli | Donaldson, Jason | Fidelis, Alessandra | Gao, X. | Gignoux, Jacques | Lehmann, Caroline | Massad, Tara | Midgley, Jeremy | Millan, Mathieu | Schwilk, Dylan | Siebert, Frances | Solofondranohatra, Cédrique | Staver, A. Carla | Zhou, Yong | Kruger, Laurence | Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome] (UNIROMA) | Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth] | Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (iEES Paris) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg] (WITS) | School of Geography and the Environment [Oxford] (SoGE) ; University of Oxford | Stellenbosch University | Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development [Utrecht] ; Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht] | South African Environmental Observation Network [Pretoria] (SAEON) | University of Cape Town | University of Pretoria [South Africa] | Wake Forest University | Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho = São Paulo State University (UNESP) | Texas Tech University [Lubbock] (TTU) | Royal Botanic Gardens [Kew] | School of Geosciences [Edinburgh] ; The University of Edinburgh | Gorongosa National Park | North-West University [Potchefstroom] (NWU) | Faculté des Sciences - Université d'Antananarivo ; Université d'Antananarivo | Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre (KMCC) | Yale University [New Haven] | We are grateful for funding and support from School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University; Nsasani Trust; Organisation for Tropical Studies (OTS), South Africa.
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اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]إنجليزي. Plant functional traits provide a valuable tool to improve our understanding of ecological processes at a range of scales. Previous handbooks on plant functional traits have highlighted the importance of standardising measurements of traits to improve our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes. In open ecosystems (i.e. grasslands, savannas, open woodlands and shrublands), traits related to disturbance (e.g. herbivory, drought, and fire) play a central role in explaining species performance and distributions and are the focus of this handbook. We provide brief descriptions of 34 traits and list important environmental filters and their relevance, provide detailed sampling methodologies and outline potential pitfalls for each trait. We have grouped traits according to plant functional type (grasses, forbs and woody plants) and, because demographic stages may experience different selective pressures, we have separated traits according to the different plant life stages (seedlings saplings and adults). We have attempted to not include traits that have been covered in previous handbooks except for where updates or additional information was considered beneficial.
اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]الكلمات المفتاحية الخاصة بالمكنز الزراعي (أجروفوك)
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