Plant traits related to competition: How do they shape the functional diversity of communities?

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Navas, M L ^a   Violle, C ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition importance; Functional diversity; Plant height; Resource depletion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILTER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 68049142387     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.1.15     Document Type: Review

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