Testing the Holy Grail framework: Using functional traits to predict ecosystem change

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 559-562

  Suding, Katharine N ^a   Goldstein, Leah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Ecosystem change; Effect traits; Effect response framework; Functional traits; Response traits; Vegetation models; Water availability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NOTE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 54049083042     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02650.x     Document Type: Note

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