Succession-induced trait shifts across a wide range of NW European ecosystems are driven by light and modulated by initial abiotic conditions

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 366-380

  Douma, Jacob C ^a   de Haan, Martin W A ^b   Aerts, Rien ^a   Witte, Jan Philip M ^a,b   van Bodegom, Peter M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronosequences; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Functional ecosystem characteristics; Initial abiotic conditions; Meta analysis; Plant strategy axes; Succession trajectories; Trajectory partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUCCESSION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EUROPE;

SERES;

EID: 84856849311     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01932.x     Document Type: Article

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