Functional traits of young seedlings predict trade-offs in seedling performance in three neotropical forests.
M. R. Metz, S. J. Wright, J. K. Zimmerman, A. Hernandez, S. M. Smith, N. G. Swenson, M. N. Umana, R. Valencia, I. Waring-Enriquez, M. Wordell, M. Zambrano, N. C. Garwood
The paper shows that seedling functional traits and cotyledon strategy predict performance trade-offs across three tropical forests.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2023Ecology