Functional groups for response to disturbance in Mediterranean old fields

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 480-498

  Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Rochette, Christelle ^a   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032939317     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546427     Document Type: Article

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