Allocating C-S-R types to plant species
There is a look-up table which covers 1000 European species (source J G Hodgson, UCPE Sheffield):
Download look-up tableFor species of unknown type there is a published method of obtaining the C-S-R type from simple measurements and data.
Download pdf of the 1999 Oikos paper Warning: copyright material for personal and private study onlyA Word document can be downloaded which give a technical explanation of the method:
Download explanationTo operate the method, use some or all of the following downloads (after studying the above Word document):
Download definitions of variables needed (size 18kB)
Download method for grasses, etc. (size 27kB)
Download method for non-grasses (size 27kB)
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