Predicting Changes in Macrophyte Community Structure from Functional Traits in a Freshwater Lake: A Test of Maximum Entropy Model

Hui Fu; Jiayou Zhong; Guixiang Yuan; Chunjing Guo; Qian Lou; Wei Zhang; Jun Xu; Leyi Ni; Ping Xie; Te Cao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131630

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Predicting Changes in Macrophyte Community Structure from Functional Traits in a Freshwater Lake: A Test of Maximum Entropy Model

Hui Fu,

Affiliations Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang, China, Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Jiayou Zhong ,

* E-mail: jiayou@jxsl.gov.cn (JZ); caote@ihb.ac.cn (TC)

Affiliation Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang, China
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Guixiang Yuan,

Affiliation Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang, China
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Chunjing Guo,

Affiliation Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang, China
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Qian Lou,

Affiliation Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang, China
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Wei Zhang,

Affiliation Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Institute of Water Sciences, Nanchang, China
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Jun Xu,

Affiliation Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Leyi Ni,

Affiliation Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Ping Xie,

Affiliation Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Te Cao

* E-mail: jiayou@jxsl.gov.cn (JZ); caote@ihb.ac.cn (TC)

Affiliation Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Predicting Changes in Macrophyte Community Structure from Functional Traits in a Freshwater Lake: A Test of Maximum Entropy Model

Hui Fu,
Jiayou Zhong,
Guixiang Yuan,
Chunjing Guo,
Qian Lou,
Wei Zhang,
Jun Xu,
Leyi Ni,
Ping Xie,
Te Cao

Published: July 13, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131630

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