Allocating
a 'C-S-R signature' to a vegetation
- For any one time and
place a functional signature can be derived
for a sample of herbaceous vegetation. The signature is a numerical index
which concisely represents the total balance between the different functional
attributes that are present among the component species. In the context
of the C-S-R system of plant functional types, we offer two spreadsheet-based
tools. These can be used to calculate and then
compare functional signatures for and between
different vegetation samples.
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