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Science 3 November 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5800, p. 721
DOI: 10.1126/science.314.5800.721n
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Predicting the effects of environmental change on biodiversity requires an understanding of whether those changes will affect which species occupy a given site, as well as their relative prevalence. Shipley et al. (p. 812, published online 5 October; see the Perspective by McGill) developed a quantitative method based on plant traits to answer these questions and test its effectiveness on a data set from a 42-year process of secondary succession after agricultural abandonment of sites in southern France. Their method successfully predicts community composition and relative abundance with a high level of accuracy.




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