Affiliation:
1. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China
2. South China National Botanical Garden Guangzhou China
3. Department of Biological Sciences University of Toronto‐Scarborough Toronto Ontario Canada
4. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
Abstract
AbstractUnderstanding the mechanisms underpinning the origins, patterns and dynamics of biodiversity is fundamental in biology and ecology. Trait‐based ecology emphasizes the importance of functional traits in community assembly and ecosystem properties, however, functional traits can also provide links with biodiversity at broader temporal and spatial scales. Here, we proposed a perspective of using functional traits to analyze and predict biodiversity from different ecological dimensions, along with the influences of evolution and environment. We summarized current research progress on roles of plant functional traits in species adaptation and coexistence, biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning, species distribution and global biodiversity, in order to integrate a functional approach to investigate biodiversity, and then discussed future trends of biodiversity studies under environmental change.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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