Plant functional types: An alternative to taxonomic plant community description in biogeography?

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 515-542

  Duckworth, Jennifer C ^a   Kent, Martin ^b   Ramsay, Paul M ^b  

^a Plantlife Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Disturbance; Environmental change; Guild; Phylogeny; Plant community; Response; Strategy; Trait

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PLANT COMMUNITY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0034424699     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913300701542778     Document Type: Article

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