Little evidence for land-use filters on intraspecific trait variation in three arthropod groups

Wehner, Katja; Brandt, Matthias; Hilpert, Andrea; Simons, Nadja K.​​​​​​​; Blüthgen, Nico

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/we-23-35-2023

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Little evidence for land-use filters on intraspecific trait variation in three arthropod groups

Katja Wehner, Matthias Brandt, Andrea Hilpert, Nadja K. Simons, and Nico Blüthgen

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