Little evidence for limiting similarity in a long-term study of a roadside plant community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 480-487

  Thompson, Ken ^a   Petchey, Owen L ^a   Askew, Andrew P ^a   Dunnett, Nigel P ^a   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a   Willis, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Complementarity; Environmental filter; Functional diversity; Niche; Null model; Plant traits; Rarity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIMITING FACTOR; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 77749264568     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01610.x     Document Type: Article

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