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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5313-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5313-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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29 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 29 Nov 2017
Parallel functional and stoichiometric trait shifts in South American and African forest communities with elevation
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
CAVElab, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Hans Verbeeck
CAVElab, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Miro Demol
CAVElab, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Stijn Bruneel
CAVElab, Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Cys Taveirne
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Dries Van der Heyden
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Landry Cizungu
Faculty of Agronomy, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Avenue de la mission, BP 285, Bukavu, DR Congo
Pascal Boeckx
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Short summary
We assessed community-weighted functional canopy traits and indicative δ15N shifts along two new altitudinal transects in the tropical forest biome of both South America and Africa. We found that the functional forest composition and δ15N response along both transects was parallel, with a species shift towards more nitrogen-conservative species at higher elevations.
We assessed community-weighted functional canopy traits and indicative δ15N shifts along two...
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