Plant Functional Diversity and the Biogeography of Biomes in North and South America

Plant Functional Diversity and the Biogeography of Biomes in North and South America

The concept of the biome has a long history dating back to Carl Ludwig Willdenow and Alexander von Humboldt. However, while the association between climate and the structure and diversity of vegetation has a long history, scientists have only recently begun to develop a more synthetic understanding...

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Main Authors: Susy Echeverría-Londoño, Brian J. Enquist, Danilo M. Neves, Cyrille Violle, Brad Boyle, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Brian S. Maitner, Brian McGill, Robert K. Peet, Brody Sandel, Stephen A. Smith, Jens-Christian Svenning, Susan K. Wiser, Andrew J. Kerkhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
biogeography
biomes
functional traits
hypervolumes
macroecology
plant functional diversity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00219/full

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