Relative climatic, edaphic and management controls of plant functional trait signatures

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-159

  Pakeman, Robin J ^a   Lepš, Jan ^b,c   Kleyer, Michael ^d   Lavorel, Sandra ^e   Garnie, Eric ^f   Ansquer, Pauline ^g   Castro, Helena ^g   Cruz, Pablo ^g   Doležal, Jiri ^g   Eriksson, Ove ^g   Fortunel, Claire ^g   Freitas, Helena ^g   Golodets, Carly ^g   Grigfulis, Karl ^g   Jouany, Claire ^g   Kazakou, Elena ^g   Kigel, Jaime ^g   Lehsten, Veiko ^g   Meier, Tonia ^g   Papadimitriou, Maria ^g   Papanastasis, Vasilios P ^g   Quested, Helen ^g   Que´tier, Fabien ^g   Robson, Matt ^g   Roumet, Catherine ^g   Rusch, Graciela ^g   Skarpe, Christina ^g   Sternberg, Marcelo ^g   Theau, Jean Pierre ^g   The´bault, Aure´lie ^g   Vile, Denis ^g   Zarovali, Maria P ^g   more..

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^f CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Disturbance; Environment trait relationships; Land use change; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTITIONING; REGENERATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70249133649     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05548.x     Document Type: Article

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