Selection ratios on community aggregated traits estimate ecological filters imposed on species by sites

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-354

  Lichti, Nathanael I ^b   Murphy, Michael T ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly theory; Community aggregated trait; Community ecology; Ecological filter; Fourthcorner problem; Selection ratio; Trait environment interaction

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949292370     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1802.1     Document Type: Article

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