In search of a functional flora - Towards a greater integration of ecology and taxonomy

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Pendry, Colin A ^a   Dick, Jan ^b   Pullan, Martin R ^a   Knees, Sabina G ^a   Miller, Anthony G ^a   Neale, Sophie ^a   Watson, Mark F ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Databases; Functional ecology; Functional types; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; DATABASE; ECOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLORA; TAXONOMY;

EID: 34548511538     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9304-y     Document Type: Article

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