Do rock endemic and widespread plant species differ under the Leaf-Height-Seed plant ecology strategy scheme?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 398-404

  Lavergne, Sébastien ^a   Garnier, Eric ^a   Debussche, Max ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Endemism; Functional traits; Leaf Height Seed scheme; Mediterranean; Plant canopy height; Plant ecological strategy; Seed mass; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDEMISM; HEIGHT; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY; SEED SIZE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0038397486     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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