Niches of temperate tree species converge towards nutrient-richer conditions over ontogeny

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1479-1488

  Bertrand, Romain ^a,b   Gégout, Jean Claude ^a,b   Bontemps, Jean Daniel ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FITNESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE;

EID: 80053050247     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19582.x     Document Type: Article

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