Measuring functional diversity in plant communities with mixed life forms: A problem of hard and soft attributes

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 529-538

  Walker, Brian H ^a   Langridge, Jenny L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Diversity; Function; Rangeland; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH FORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036763439     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0154-0     Document Type: Article

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