Plant geography upon the basis of functional traits: An example from eastern North American trees

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2234-2241

  Swenson, Nathan G ^a   Weiser, Michael D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional ecology; Holdridge life zones; Leaf percent nitrogen; Maximum height; Precipitation; Seed mass; Temperature; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATA SET; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF; TREE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77955433627     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1743.1     Document Type: Article

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