Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 261-268

  Westoby, Mark ^a   Wright, Ian J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33646348118     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.02.004     Document Type: Review

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