Groupings of life-history traits are associated with distribution of forest plant species in a fragmented landscape

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-508

  Endels, Patrick ^a,c   Adriaens, Dries ^a   Bekker, Renée M ^b   Knevel, Irma C ^b   Decocq, Guillaume ^c   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecoinformatics; Forest age; Isolation; Persistence; Reproduction; Species group

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FECUNDITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRADE-OFF;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLEMISH BRABANT; LOUVAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249984142     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[499:GOLTAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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