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- Title
Plant functional types -- a strategic perspective
- Authors
van der Maarel, Eddy; Semenova, Galina V.
- Abstract
This paper discusses the use of Plant Functional Types to describe vegetation types - from plant communities to formations - in order to understand the ecological constraints of plants and plant communitieson a higher level of abstraction. The terminology around plant functional types, traits and strategies is in need of further clarification and unification. The use of the term plant functional type is recommended. We are in need of a total environmental framework in which, hierarchically or reticulately, plant functional types can be comparedand interpreted.
- Subjects
BOTANY; ECOLOGY; PLANTS
- Publication
Journal of Vegetation Science, 2000, Vol 11, Issue 6, p917
- ISSN
1100-9233
- Publication type
Article