Does hairiness matter in harare? Resolving controversy in global comparisons of plant trait responses to ecosystem disturbance

New Phytologist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-9

  Díaz, Sandra ^a   McIntyre, Sue ^b   Lavorel, Sandra ^c   Pausas, Juli G ^d  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparative ecology; Disturbance; Fire; Functional types; Grazing; Land use; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036213921     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00362.x     Document Type: Letter

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