Is the abundance of species determined by their functional traits? A new method with a test using plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 729-737

  Mouillot, David ^a   Mason, Norman W H ^b   Wilson, J Bastow ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental filtering; Functional niche; Nearest neighbour; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; NICHE; PLANT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PLANTS;

AUSTRALASIA; LAKE OHAU; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 34250687940     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0688-0     Document Type: Article

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