Trait assembly in plant assemblages and its modulation by productivity and disturbance

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-218

  Pakeman, Robin J ^a   Lennon, Jack J ^a   Brooker, Rob W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Ecological filters; Functional diversity; Trait convergence; Trait divergence

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONVERGENCE; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOORLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 80051669442     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1980-6     Document Type: Article

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