The importance of spatial scale for trait-abundance relations

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1504-1514

  Mokany, Karel ^a   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956007532     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18411.x     Document Type: Article

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