Limitations of trait-based approaches for stressor assessment: The case of freshwater invertebrates and climate drivers.

ABSTRACT: The appeal of trait-based approaches for assessing environmental vulnerabilities arises from the potential insight they provide into the mechanisms underlying the changes in populations and community structure. Traits can provide ecologically based explanations for observed responses to environmental changes, along with predictive power gained by developing relationships between traits and environmental variables. Despite these potential benefits, questions remain regarding the utility and limitations of these approaches, which we explore focusing on the following questions: (a) How reliable are predictions of biotic responses to changing conditions based on single trait-environment relationships? (b) What factors constrain detection of single trait-environment relationships, and how can t

SUBMITTER: Hamilton AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839858 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature