Plant subindividual functional diversity and carbon cycling.

Plant subindividual trait variation is a neglected level of functional diversity that contributes to the variation of phenotypes and ecological communities. Disregarding the role of subindividual functional diversity (SFD) in nature may lead to incorrect understanding of spatial and temporal scales of relationships between trait diversity, ecosystem function, and carbon cycling.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Trends in Plant Science

• Publication date

  2023-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.09.003PMID 37775453
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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