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Does environmental heterogeneity drive functional trait variation? A test in montane and alpine meadows

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Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

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Phosphorus accumulates faster than nitrogen globally in freshwater ecosystems under anthropogenic impacts

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C:N:P stoichiometry ofArtemisiaspecies and close relatives across northern China: unravelling effects of climate, soil and taxonomy

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Functional beta-diversity patterns reveal deterministic community assembly processes in eastern North American trees

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Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities

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How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait-based ecology

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(2008) Kevin Gross   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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