Inferring community assembly mechanisms from functional diversity patterns: The importance of multiple assembly processes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 652-661

  Spasojevic, Marko J ^a,c   Suding, Katharine N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic filtering; Alpine; Competition; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Equalizing fitness processes; Facilitation; Niwot Ridge; Phylogenetic diversity; Plant functional traits

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; FITNESS; LEAF AREA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRADE-OFF;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NIWOT RIDGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859717468     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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