Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: An example from a Costa Rican dry forest

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-223

  Hulshof, Catherine M ^a   Swenson, Nathan G ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Functional ecology; Functional trait; Plasticity; Power analysis; Species differentiation; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DRY FOREST; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 73949104747     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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