Integrating functional diversity into tropical forest plantation designs to study ecosystem processes

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Baraloto, Christopher ^a   Marcon, Eric ^a   Morneau, François ^a   Pavoine, Sandrine ^b   Roggy, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Ecosystem function; Functional groups; Leaf economics spectrum; Nitrogen fixation; Quadratic entropy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 77952330284     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009110     Document Type: Article

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