Different plant trait scaling in dry versus wet Central European meadows

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 709-720

  de Bello, Francesco ^a,b   Janeček, Štěpán ^a   Lepš, Jan ^b,c   Doležal, Jiří ^a   Macková, Jana ^b   Lanta, Vojtěch ^a,d   Klimešová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon isotope; Environmental filtering; Grassland; Land use; Leaf dry matter content; Management; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DISTURBANCE; DRY MATTER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEADOW; MOWING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRADE-OFF;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVIA;

EID: 84863523355     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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