On the identification of the most suitable traits for plant functional trait analyses

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1533-1541

  Bernhardt Römermann, Markus ^a   Römermann, Christine ^b   Nuske, Robert ^a   Parth, Andreas ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^c   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^a   Stadler, Jutta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

EID: 52049121038     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16776.x     Document Type: Article

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