A greater range of shade-tolerance niches in nutrient-rich forests: An explanation for positive richness-productivity relationships?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 705-717

  Coomes, David A ^a,b   Kunstler, Georges ^a,c   Canham, Charles D ^d   Wright, Elaine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Cemagref   (France)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Forest dynamics; Light transmission; Niche differentiation; Richness productivity relationships; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; NICHE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 67449122393     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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