Integrating correlation between traits improves spatial predictions of plant functional composition

R. O. Wüest (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6047-1945) (rafael.wueest@gmail.com), T. Münkemüller, S. Lavergne, L. J. Pollock and W. Thuiller (orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-5274), Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine), FR-38000 Grenoble, France. Present address for ROW: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Forest Resources and Managment, Zürcherstrasse 11, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.

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