Identifying functional groups for response to disturbance in an abandoned pasture

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-240

  Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Touzard, Blaise ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a   Clément, Bernard ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Land abandonment; Multivariate statistics; Plant functional group

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PASTURE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BRITTANY; FRANCE;

EID: 0032077669     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80027-1     Document Type: Article

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