Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional, Area de Ecoloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Trends Plant Sci. 2021 Jul;26(7):674-676. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 May 11.
There is increasing confusion regarding the term 'functional trait' and its links with ecosystem functioning. Functional traits are defined as traits that affect individual fitness. I use an evolutionary rationale that considers the integration of the phenotype, the environmental variation, and the relationship between both, to propose that all traits are functional.
人们对于“功能性状”及其与生态系统功能的联系越来越感到困惑。功能性状被定义为影响个体适合度的性状。我使用了一种进化理论,认为表型的整合、环境变化以及两者之间的关系,提出所有性状都是功能性的。