Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2016-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.003PMID 26924737
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