Trait assembly of woody plants in communities across sub-alpine gradients: Identifying the role of limiting similarity

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 698-708

  Yan, Bangguo ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Li, Zebo ^a   Huang, Xu ^a   Yang, Wanqin ^a   Prinzing, Andreas ^c,d  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Competition; Environmental gradient; Even spacing; Functional traits; Grazing pressure; Species co existence; Timber line

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIMITING FACTOR; NICHE; SHRUB; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

NES;

EID: 84863515334     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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