Integrating multiple plant functional traits to predict ecosystem productivity

Affiliations

Pu Yan: Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nianpeng He: Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kailiang Yu: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Li Xu: Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Koenraad Van Meerbeek: Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven

Abstract

Integration of plant functional traits into trait-based productivity theory helps quantify primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems.