Biogeography

Climatic and Soil Factors Explain the Two-Dimensional Spectrum of Global Plant Trait Variation

Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land– climate feedbacks. Still, we lack a global understanding of how land and climate affect plant …

TRY - a Global Database of Plant Traits

Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants and their organs - determine how primary producers respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, influence ecosystem …