Competition depends more on the functional structure of plant community than on standing biomass

Community Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Navas, M ^a,b,c   Fayolle, A ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^c TA C 105 D Campus International de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition importance; Competition intensity; Plant height; Trait

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEIGHT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84862140542     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.13.2012.1.3     Document Type: Article

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