Fig. 3.

A stylized illustration comparing the phylogenetic relationship of physiological traits versus process responses to disturbance among taxa. Different rates of the physiological traits are represented by differently sized circles (see text for further explanation). In A physiological trait values are correlated with phylogenetic similarity, whereas in B physiological trait values are randomly distributed among taxa. Three different disturbances (A, B, and C) produce process responses from the taxa that are also either phylogenetically related (disturbances A and B) or randomly distributed among taxa (disturbance C).