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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2021

Francesco de Bello ,
Carlos P. Carmona ,
André T. C. Dias ,
Lars Götzenberger ,
Marco Moretti  and
Matty P. Berg
Francesco de Bello
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Carlos P. Carmona
Affiliation:
University of Tartu, Estonia
André T. C. Dias
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Lars Götzenberger
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Marco Moretti
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Matty P. Berg
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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Handbook of Trait-Based Ecology
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