Prediction of species composition of plant communities in a rural landscape based on species traits

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Tanaka, Ryoko ^a   Koike, Fumito ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly rule; Community prediction; Species pool; Statistical model; Trait grouping

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECISION ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL TEST; NEW SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL LANDSCAPE; VASCULAR PLANT;

JAPAN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78751574285     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0749-4     Document Type: Article

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