Plant traits used in the analyses of the plant communities.

Plant traits used in the analyses of the plant communities in Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, Spain. These 12 plant traits were used to assess the overall plant community response to fragmentation. Functional effect groups were classified based on seven effect traits (E). Mechanisms of plant dispersal were assessed based on the following response functional traits (R): seed mass, seed number, potential spatial dispersal, and alternative spatial dispersal (i.e., high possibility of dispersal by two or multiple agents or vectors). Note that ‘Alternative spatial dispersal’ is presence or absence of secondary spatial dispersal. Symbols in ‘Plant architecture’ indicate the architectural model (see reference [52]).
Plant traits used in the analyses of the plant communities.