Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 178-185

  McGill, Brian J ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^b   Weiher, Evan ^c   Westoby, Mark ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; NICHE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645962480     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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