Functionally similar species have similar dynamics

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1453-1459

  Rocha, Marcia R ^a   Gaedke, Ursula ^a   Vasseur, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory dynamics; Competition; Environmental forcing; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Grazing; Phytoplankton; Plant population and community dynamics; Synchrony; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPENSATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRAZING; MORPHOTYPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 80053620322     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01893.x     Document Type: Article

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