When variability outperforms the mean: trait plasticity predicts plant cover and biomass in an alpine wetland

Li, Honglin; Xu, Danghui; Du, Guozhen; Yu, Kailiang; Ratajczak, Zak; Nippert, Jesse B.; Tondrob, Dorjeeh; Li, Wei; SCI

机构： Lanzhou Univ, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Grassland Agroecosyst, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China; Univ Virginia, Dept Environm Sci, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA; Kansas State Univ, Div Biol, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA; Tibet Acad Agr & Anim Husb Sci, Inst Grassland Sci, Lhasa 850009, Tibet, Peoples R China; Northwest A&F Univ, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China;

关键词： Equalizing mechanisms Functional traits Global change Plasticity Drought Flooding Alpine wetland Tibetan plateau