A parsimonious combination of functional traits predicting plant response to disturbance and soil fertility

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 681-692

  Anke, Kühner ^a   Michael, Kleyer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Habitat model; Plant functional group; Plant life span; Seed mass; Seed number; SLA

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCONIA; GERMANY;

EID: 54049098211     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18436     Document Type: Article

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