Plant functional classifications: From general groups to specific groups based on response to disturbance

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 474-478

  Lavorel, S ^a   McIntyre, S ^b   Landsberg, J ^b   Forbes, T D A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH FORM; PLANT;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031425520     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01219-6     Document Type: Review

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