NDLI: Data from: Defining a spectrum of integrative trait-based vegetation canopy structural types (Dataset)

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Data from: Defining a spectrum of integrative trait-based vegetation canopy structural types (Dataset)

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Author	Fahey, Robert Atkins, Jeff Gough, Christopher Hardiman, Brady Nave, Lucas Tallant, Jason Nadelhoffer, Knute Vogel, Christoph Scheuermann, Cynthia Stuart-Haentjens, Ellen Haber, Lisa Fotis, Alexander Ricart, Raleigh Curtis, Peter
Abstract	Vegetation canopy structure is a fundamental characteristic of terrestrial ecosystems that defines vegetation types and drives ecosystem functioning. We use the multivariate structural trait composition of vegetation canopies to classify ecosystems within a global canopy structure spectrum. Across the temperate forest subset of this spectrum we assess gradients in canopy structural traits, characterize canopy structural types (CST), and evaluate drivers and functional consequences of canopy structural variation. We derive CSTs from multivariate canopy structure data, illustrating variation along three primary structural axes and resolution into six largely distinct and functionally relevant CSTs. Our results illustrate that within-ecosystem successional processes and disturbance legacies can produce variation in canopy structure similar to that associated with sub-continental variation in forest types and ecoclimatic zones. The potential to classify ecosystems into CSTs based on suites of structural traits represents an important advance in understanding and modeling structure-function relationships in vegetated ecosystems.
File Size	6325609
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14610248
DOI	10.5061/dryad.ns674vd
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://datadryad.org/stash/downloads/file_stream/155297
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://datadryad.org/stash/downloads/file_stream/155298
Language	English
Publisher Date	2020-08-28
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Canopy Structure
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Data Set
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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