Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why
C. E. Timothy Paine(University of Stirling), Andy Hector(University of Oxford), Susan J. Doust(Australian Antarctic Division), Nils Bourland(University of Liège), Juan M. Posada(Universidad del Rosario), Cristina Martínez‐Garza(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos), Kasso Daïnou(University of Liège), Martín Baruffol(University of Zurich), Jean‐Louis Doucet(University of Liège), Claire Fortunel, Julia Koricheva(Royal Holloway University of London), Lourens Poorter(Wageningen University & Research), Christian Messier(Université du Québec en Outaouais), Catherine Potvin(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), Paul V. A. Fine(University of California, Berkeley), Christopher Baraloto(Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane), Christopher D. Philipson(University of Dundee), Campbell O. Webb(University of California, Berkeley), Rakan A. Zahawi(Organization for Tropical Studies), Kalle Rainio(University of Turku), Sabrina E. Russo(University of Nebraska–Lincoln), S. Joseph Wright(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Josephine Haase(University of Freiburg), Kaoru Kitajima(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), Karen D. Holl(University of California, Santa Cruz), Daniel Piotto(Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia), Helge Bruelheide(German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research), Xuefei Li(University of Zurich), Roland C. de Gouvenain(Providence College), Lucy Amissah(Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Hervé Jactel(CEA CESTA), Harald Auge(Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research), Mariacarmen Ruiz‐Jaen(McGill University), Alain Paquette(Université du Québec à Montréal)
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