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functional convergence

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on functional convergence with 15 nodes and 42 connections. Top connected: species diversity, specific leaf area, quadrat sampling method, soil respiration measurement, Specific Leaf Area (SLA).

Definition

Process where remaining plant community converged functionally toward a species composition whose traits resembled the previously removed dominant species

Related Terms (1)

trait convergence

Publications (1)

article

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

2017Journal of Plant Ecologycentral

Related Concepts (4)

species diversity

metric2 shared papers

specific leaf area

measurement1 shared paper

resilience

framework1 shared paper

resource-ratio theory

theory1 shared paper