Standardized response signatures of functional traits pinpoint limiting ecological filters during the migration of forest plant species into wooded corridors

Tree-lines and alleys are expected to operate as migration enhancing corridors for habitat-demanding species, but their functionality is limited by the set of ecological filters. We use multiple plant traits related to dispersal and establishment to identify the limiting filters for forest plants in the rural landscape of Estonia. We develop a set of quantitative metrics to rank indicator traits according to their distributional changes along...