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SUBMITTER: Beukhof E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6884637 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beukhof Esther E Frelat Romain R Pecuchet Laurene L Maureaud Aurore A Dencker Tim Spaanheden TS Sólmundsson Jón J Punzón Antonio A Primicerio Raul R Hidalgo Manuel M Möllmann Christian C Lindegren Martin M
Scientific reports 20191129 1
A fundamental challenge in ecology is to understand why species are found where they are and predict where they are likely to occur in the future. Trait-based approaches may provide such understanding, because it is the traits and adaptations of species that determine which environments they can inhabit. It is therefore important to identify key traits that determine species distributions and investigate how these traits relate to the environment. Based on scientific bottom-trawl surveys of mari ...[more]