Assessing the reliability of predicted plant trait distributions at the global scale.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Predictions of plant traits over space and time are increasingly used to improve our understanding of plant community responses to global environmental change. A necessary step forward is to assess the reliability of global trait predictions. In this study, we predict community mean plant traits at the global scale and present a systematic evaluation of their reliability in terms of the accuracy of the models, ecological realism and various sources of uncertainty.

Location

Global.

Time period

Present.

Major taxa studied

Vascular plants.

Methods

We predicted global distributions of community mean specific leaf area, leaf nitrogen concentration, plant height and wood density with an ensemble modelling approach based on georeferenced, locally measured t

SUBMITTER: Boonman CCF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319484 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature