How to Improve the Predictions of Plant Functional Traits on Ecosystem Functioning?

Front Plant Sci. 2021 Feb 4:12:622260. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.622260. eCollection 2021.

Congcong Liu¹, Ying Li¹, Pu Yan^{1

2}, Nianpeng He^{1

2

3}

¹ Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
² College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.

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Keywords: ecosystem traits; functional diversity; functional traits; intraspecific variability; scale-matching; trait selection.