Use of the term "functional" trait has increased exponentially in ecology. Although accounting for numerous ecological questions, this concept raises several issues. We propose that the term "functional" could be misleading because (1) no rigorous criteria exist to identify "functional" traits and ...
Balancing the costs of carbon gain and water transport: testing a new theoretical framework for plant functional ecology A novel framework is presented for the analysis of ecophysiological field measurements and modelling. The hypothesis 'leaves minimise the summed unit costs......
In that second year, both nitrogen and phosphorus applications decreased the abundance and total above-ground dry weight per unit area of Plantago erecta Morris, a dominant annual forb, and decreased the density of all plants taken together. Additionally, Benomyl increased total plant density. ...
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China Zheng-yu Deng & Jia-shuo Cao Contributions Z.D.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Investigation, Data Curation, Writing - Original Draft, Visualization. J.C.: Conceptualization, Formal ...
The complex neuronal circuitry of the brain develops from limited information contained in the genome. After the genetic code instructs the birth of neurons, the emergence of brain regions, and the formation of axon tracts, it is believed that temporally
Comparative plant ecology: A functional approach to common British species In the third week of September 1986 I attended the 25thAnniversary Symposium of Sheffield University's Unit ofComparative Plant Ecology by kind invitation of theDirector of the Unit, Professor Ian H. Rorison, and hisstaff....
A review of previous attempts to test hypotheses derived from the functional theory of stratification suggests that to test the theory as formulated by Davis and Moore, the unit of analysis must be the position rather than the individual: indices of the theoretical concepts must be measures of th...
(Reynolds et al.2002; Padisák et al.2009) serves as the basic unit of phytoplankton responses to environmental changes, which can reflect their specific habitat requirements (Reynolds et al.2002). The phytoplankton functional groups approach can supplement and possibly unravel phytoplankton dynamics ...
More recently, the advances in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics tools have greatly facilitated the development of the nascent field of viral ecology, allowing viral studies to span from the individual to the community level10,11. As a result, the taxonomic diversity12,13 and functional...
D. Influence of microbial activity on plant–microbial competition for organic and inorganic nitrogen. Plant Soil 289, 321–334 (2006) Article CAS Google Scholar Finzi, A. C. & Berthrong, S. T. The uptake of amino acids by microbes and trees in three cold-temperate forests. Ecology 86,...