A test of the explanatory power of plant functional traits on the individual and population levels

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Lanta, Vojtěch ^a   Klimešová, Jitka ^b   Martincová, Kateřina ^c   Janeček, Štěpán ^b   Doležal, Jiří ^b   Rosenthal, Jonathan ^d   Lepš, Jan ^c,e   Klimeš, Leoš ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Individual level; Meadow; Mowing; Plant traits; Population level

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; MOWING; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 80051781257     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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