Time for a Plant Structural Economics Spectrum

We argue that tree and crown structural diversity can and should be integrated in the whole-plant economics spectrum. Ecologists have found that certain functional trait combinations have been more viable than others during evolution, generating a trait trade-off continuum which can be summarized al...

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Main Authors: Hans Verbeeck, Marijn Bauters, Tobias Jackson, Alexander Shenkin, Mathias Disney, Kim Calders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00043/full