Resource use efficiency as a function of species richness and stand composition in upper montane conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-452

  DeClerck, Fabrice A J ^a,b   Barbour, Michael G ^b   Sawyer, John O ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies magnifica; Biodiversity; Complementarity effect; Ecosystem function; Pinus contorta; Pinus monticola; Sampling effect; Selection effect; Tsuga mertensiana

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAP DYNAMICS; NICHE PARTITIONING; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; DESOLATION WILDERNESS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES MAGNIFICA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MONTICOLA; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 26444465972     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02384.x     Document Type: Article

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