Disturbance regime changes the trait distribution, phylogenetic structure and community assembly of tropical rain forests

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1263-1270

  Ding, Yi ^a   Zang, Runguo ^a   Letcher, Susan G ^b   Liu, Shirong ^a   He, Fangliang ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 84863865667     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19992.x     Document Type: Article

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