Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-366

  Pakeman, Robin J ^a   Garnier, Eric ^b   Lavorel, Sandra ^c   Ansquer, Pauline ^d   Castro, Helena ^e   Cruz, Pablo ^d   Doležal, Jiri ^f,g   Eriksson, Ove ^h   Freitas, Helena ^e   Golodets, Carly ⁱ   Kigel, Jaime ⁱ   Kleyer, Michael ^j   Lepš, Jan ^f,k   Meier, Tonia ^j   Papadimitriou, Maria ^l   Papanastasis, Vasilios P ^l   Quested, Helen ^h   Quétier, Fabien ^c   Rusch, Graciela ^m   Sternberg, Marcelo ⁿ   Theau, Jean Pierre ^d   Thébault, Aurélie ^c,o   Vile, Denis ^b,p   more..

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^g INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^k INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^l ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^m NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁿ TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^o EPFL   (Switzerland)

^p CEMAGREF   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Agricultural abandonment; Extensification; Plant functional traits; Seed dispersal agent; Seed mass; Species environment relationships; Weighted abundance

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEED SIZE; ZOOCHORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38849088753     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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