Turnover of plant trait hierarchies in simulated community assembly in response to fertility and disturbance

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 270-278

  Lehsten, Veiko ^a   Kleyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Functional response hierarchy; Functional traits; Life cycle; Plant functional types (PFT); Seed mass; Simulation models; SLA; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE; SEED; VEGETATION;

CANOPY HEIGHT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE HIERARCHY; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES (PFT); SEED MASS; SIMULATION MODELS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LEAF AREA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RANKING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION TYPE;

FOREST CANOPY; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTS; SEEDS; SIMULATION;

EID: 34047105145     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.11.034     Document Type: Article

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