Taxon- compared with trait-based analysis of epiphytes, and the role of tree species and tree age in community composition

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-210

  Lewis, Jason E J ^a   Ellis, Christopher J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Community structure; Functional traits; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling; Succession

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 78649611316     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2010.505966     Document Type: Article

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