Multiple trait associations in relation to habitat differentiation among 17 Floridian oak species

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-662

  Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a,b,c   Kitajima, Kaoru ^d   Bazzaz, F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrended correspondence analysis; Fire regime; Functional traits; Leaf life span; Phylogenetic lineage; Quercus; Soil moisture; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIRE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

QUERCUS;

EID: 17444368344     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-4007     Document Type: Article

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