Linking functional composition moments of the sub-Mediterranean ecotone with environmental drivers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Functional trait-based approaches are extensively applied to the study of mechanisms governing community assembly along environmental gradients. These approaches have been classically based on studying differences in mean values among species, but there is increasing recognition that alternative metrics of trait distributions should be considered to decipher the mechanisms determining community assembly and species coexistence. Under this framework, the main aim of this study is to unravel the effects of environmental conditions as drivers of plant community assembly in sub-Mediterranean ecotones.

Methods

We set 60 plots in six plant communities of a sub-Mediterranean forest in Central Spain, and measured key above- and belowground functional traits in 411 indiv

SUBMITTER: de Tomas Marin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748396 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature