Boreal mixed woods in Canada (IMAGE)
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Mixed forests have different functional traits (growth and reproductive strategies, environmental stress tolerance, etc.), which are believed to make ecosystems resistant and resilient against environmental changes. Forests with diverse traits can enhance efficiency in resource use among tree species and facilitate growing each other, which not only maintains growth performance under environmental fluctuations but also diversifies responses to environmental changes. This means that while some tree species are more vulnerable to certain environmental change drivers, others may better tolerate or adapt to them.
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KyotoU/Masumi Hisano
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