Species divergence and trait convergence in experimental plant community assembly

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1283-1290

  Fukami, Tadashi ^a,b,c   Bezemer, T Martijn ^a,d   Mortimer, Simon R ^e   Van Der Putten, Wim H ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Assembly history; Assembly rules; Community convergence; Dispersal limitation; Ecological restoration; Historical contingency; Neutral theory; Priority effects; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 28644448010     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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