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Why wood density varies across communities
Author(s) -
Swenson Nathan G.,
Zambrano Jenny
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/jvs.12510
Subject(s) - ecology , trait , geography , diversity (politics) , vegetation (pathology) , biology , sociology , computer science , anthropology , medicine , pathology , programming language
Communities are the emergent outcome of individual‐level trait–environment interactions. In this issue of the Journal of Vegetation Science , Ibanez et al. utilize an impressive data set from New Caledonia to demonstrate how the interaction of climatic axes drives the distribution and diversity of wood density in tree communities. Here, we discuss their specific findings and their broader implications for trait‐based ecology.