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Derivation and evaluation of functional groups Classification of woody species We included five traits in the hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis that were significant ( P ≤ 0.05) or marginally significant ( P < 0.1) for this growth form in perMANOVA testing of either the short‐ or long‐term datasets, including: lifespan, seed size, seed dispersal, height, and leaf longevity.