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L. Funk, Jennifer; E. Larson, Julie; M. Ames, Gregory; J. Butterfield, Bradley; Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine; Firn, Jennifer; C. Laughlin, Daniel; E. Sutton‐Grier, Ariana; Williams, Laura; Wright, Justin

doi:10.1111/brv.12275

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Revisiting the H oly G rail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

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Authors:

Jennifer L. Funk

Julie E. Larson

Gregory M. Ames

Abstract

ABSTRACT One of ecology's grand challenges is developing general rules to explain and predict highly complex systems. Understanding and predicting ecological processes from species' traits has been considered a ‘ H oly G rail’ in ecology. Plant functional traits are increasingly being used to develo...

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