The influence of fire on phylogenetic and functional structure of woody savannas: Moving from species to individuals

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Cianciaruso, Marcus V ^a   Silva, Igor A ^b   Batalha, Marco A ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Petchey, Owen L ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Environmental filtering; Intraspecific variability; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 84860838757     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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