Climatic constraints on trait‐based forest assembly

1. Climatic constraints on plant distributions are well known, but predicting community composition through knowledge of trait‐based environmental filtering remains an important empirical challenge. Here, we evaluate the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model of trait‐based community assembly using forest c...

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Published in:	The Journal of ecology Vol. 99; no. 6; pp. 1489 - 1499
Main Authors:	Laughlin, Daniel C., Fulé, Peter Z., Huffman, David W., Crouse, Joseph, Laliberté, Etienne
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2011 Blackwell Publishing Blackwell
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Arizona bark thickness biogeography Biological and medical sciences Climate Climate change Climate models community assembly Community composition Community structure determinants of plant community diversity and structure Ecological modeling entropy Environmental conditions Environmental factors Environmental gradient Environmental information fire regime Flowers & plants Forest communities Forest ecology Forestry Forests functional traits Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects General forest ecology Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology Human ecology Juniperus monosperma leaf economics spectrum Maximum entropy Maximum entropy method Migratory species Modeling performance filter Pine trees Pinus ponderosa Plant ecology plant strategy Plant-climate interactions Plants Predictive modeling Species Synecology temperature wood density Arizona United States > US USA, Arizona plant strategy Climate Forests Functional trait Diversity Bark fire regime Entropy Climatic condition bark thickness functional traits performance filter Community structure Wood Plant community maximum entropy Plant leaf Thickness Fire ecology leaf economics spectrum wood density Strategy Performance determinants of plant community diversity and structure Community community assembly
ISSN:	0022-0477, 1365-2745
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