Distribution of plant functional types along gradients of disturbance intensity and resource supply in an agricultural landscape

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 697-708

  Kleyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Biological trait; Disturbance; Logistic regression; Resource

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

(SOUTHWEST); GERMANY;

EID: 0032732671     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237084     Document Type: Article

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