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A Method for Quantifying Foliage-Dwelling Arthropods
Published on: October 20, 2019
Community weighted mean trait data of Italian forest understories
Stefano Chelli1, Gianluigi Ottaviani2, Giandiego Campetella1
1School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management Unit, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
Abstract:
Plant functional trait data aggregated at the community level (i.e., community weighted mean, CWM) are fundamental to study plant-environment relationships. Here, we provide a large database of CWM values of twelve traits reflecting several plant functions, including leaf, seed, whole-plant, clonal and bud bank traits. The CWMs were calculated in 201 forest stands (a statistically representative sample of all the Italian forests) across three biogeographic regions: Alpine, Continental, and Mediterranean.
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