Do generalisations of global trade-offs in plant design apply to an Australian sclerophyllous flora?

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-270

  Meers, Trevor L ^a,e   Bell, Tina L ^a,c   Enright, Neal J ^b,d   Kasel, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Matrixplus Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPROUTING; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA;

ARBUSCULAR;

EID: 77954014605     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT10013     Document Type: Article

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