@article{fdi:010074528,
  title = {{G}lobal trait-environment relationships of plant communities},
  author = {{B}ruelheide, {H}. and {D}engler, {J}. and {P}urschke, {O}. and {L}enoir, {J}. and {J}imenez-{A}lfaro, {B}. and {H}ennekens, {S}. {M}. and {B}otta-{D}ukat, {Z}. and {C}hytry, {M}. and {F}ield, {R}. and {J}ansen, {F}. and {K}attge, {J}. and {P}illar, {V}. {D}. and {S}chrodt, {F}. and {M}ahecha, {M}. {D}. and {P}eet, {R}. {K}. and {S}andel, {B}. and van {B}odegom, {P}. and {A}ltman, {J}. and {A}lvarez-{D}avila, {E}. and {K}han, {M}asa and {A}ttorre, {F}. and {A}ubin, {I}. and {B}araloto, {C}. and {B}arroso, {J}. {G}. and {B}auters, {M}. and {B}ergmeier, {E}. and {B}iurrun, {I}. and {B}jorkman, {A}. {D}. and {B}londer, {B}. and {C}arni, {A}. and {C}ayuela, {L}. and {C}erny, {T}. and {C}ornelissen, {J}. {H}. {C}. and {C}raven, {D}. and {D}ainese, {M}. and {D}erroire, {G}. and {D}e {S}anctis, {M}. and {D}iaz, {S}. and {D}olezal, {J}. and {F}arfan-{R}ios, {W}. and {F}eldpausch, {T}. {R}. and {F}enton, {N}. {J}. and {G}arnier, {E}. and {G}uerin, {G}. {R}. and {G}utierrez, {A}. {G}. and {H}aider, {S}. and {H}attab, {T}. and {H}enry, {G}. and {H}erault, {B}. and {H}iguchi, {P}. and {H}olzel, {N}. and {H}omeier, {J}. and {J}entsch, {A}. and {J}urgens, {N}. and {K}acki, {Z}. and {K}arger, {D}. {N}. and {K}essler, {M}. and {K}leyer, {M}. and {K}nollova, {I}. and {K}orolyuk, {A}. {Y}. and {K}uhn, {I}. and {L}aughlin, {D}. {C}. and {L}ens, {F}. and {L}oos, {J}. and {L}ouault, {F}. and {L}yubenova, {M}. {I}. and {M}alhi, {Y}. and {M}arceno, {C}. and {M}encuccini, {M}. and {M}uller, {J}. {V}. and {M}unzinger, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {M}yers-{S}mith, {I}. {H}. and {N}eill, {D}. {A}. and {N}iinemets, {U}. and {O}rwin, {K}. {H}. and {O}zinga, {W}. {A}. and {P}enuelas, {J}. and {P}erez-{H}aase, {A}. and {P}etrik, {P}. and {P}hillips, {O}. {L}. and {P}artel, {M}. and {R}eich, {P}. {B}. and {R}omermann, {C}. and {R}odrigues, {A}. {V}. and {S}abatini, {F}. {M}. and {S}ardans, {J}. and {S}chmidt, {M}. and {S}eidler, {G}. and {E}spejo, {J}. {E}. {S}. and {S}ilveira, {M}. and {S}myth, {A}. and {S}porbert, {M}. and {S}venning, {J}. {C}. and {T}ang, {Z}. {Y}. and {T}homas, {R}. and {T}siripidis, {I}. and {V}assilev, {K}. and {V}iolle, {C}. and {V}irtanen, {R}. and {W}eiher, {E}. and {W}elk, {E}. and {W}esche, {K}. and {W}inter, {M}. and {W}irth, {C}. and {J}andt, {U}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{P}lant functional traits directly affect ecosystem functions. {A}t the species level, trait combinations depend on trade-offs representing different ecological strategies, but at the community level trait combinations are expected to be decoupled from these trade-offs because different strategies can facilitate co-existence within communities. {A} key question is to what extent community-level trait composition is globally filtered and how well it is related to global versus local environmental drivers. {H}ere, we perform a global, plot-level analysis of trait-environment relationships, using a database with more than 1.1 million vegetation plots and 26,632 plant species with trait information. {A}lthough we found a strong filtering of 17 functional traits, similar climate and soil conditions support communities differing greatly in mean trait values. {T}he two main community trait axes that capture half of the global trait variation (plant stature and resource acquisitiveness) reflect the trade-offs at the species level but are weakly associated with climate and soil conditions at the global scale. {S}imilarly, within-plot trait variation does not vary systematically with macro-environment. {O}ur results indicate that, at fine spatial grain, macro-environmental drivers are much less important for functional trait composition than has been assumed from floristic analyses restricted to co-occurrence in large grid cells. {I}nstead, trait combinations seem to be predominantly filtered by local-scale factors such as disturbance, fine-scale soil conditions, niche partitioning and biotic interactions.},
  keywords = {{MONDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {E}cology and {E}volution},
  volume = {2},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {1906--1917},
  ISSN = {2397-334{X}},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074528},
}