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- Title
Plant traits as indicators: loss or gain of information?
- Authors
Bello, Francesco; Mudrák, Ondřej
- Abstract
In this issue, Kachergis et al. provide a timely comparison of taxonomic vs functional group-based indicators for managed steppes. The authors demonstrate how functional indicators result in only a marginal loss of taxonomic information while potentially covering community aspects not accounted for by taxa. To expand these ideas, specific plant traits could complement taxonomic indicators to achieve multiple monitoring goals.
- Subjects
STEPPES -- Management; STEPPE restoration; PLANT classification; REMOTE sensing; ECOSYSTEM management
- Publication
Applied Vegetation Science, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 3, p353
- ISSN
1402-2001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/avsc.12035