We thank Jiahui Chen for his kind help to provide the data source of functional traits.We thank Lu Sun for his kind help with R.This study was supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(2019QZKK0502);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20050203);and the Key Projects of the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1802232).
Elevational patterns of trait occurrence and functional diversity provide an important perspective for understanding biodiversity.However,previous studies have mostly examined functional diversity at the community sca...