Landscape and species-level distribution of morphological and life history traits in a temperate woodland flora

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-224

  Mabry, Cathy ^a,c   Ackerly, David ^b,d   Gerhardt, Fritz ^a,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Deciduous forest; Functional group; Ordination

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WOODLAND;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034080605     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236801     Document Type: Article

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