Declining plant diversity: Empty niches or functional shifts?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-460

  Grime, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0036669464     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02072.x     Document Type: Review

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