Spatial patterns of functional divergence in old-field plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 907-914

  Siefert, Andrew ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; DRY MATTER; FILTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; GALIUM; GALIUM MOLLUGO; POA; POA PRATENSIS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS;

EID: 84861465199     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19706.x     Document Type: Article

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