Habitat filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 497-509

  Maire, Vincent ^a,b   Gross, Nicolas ^c   Börger, Luca ^c   Proulx, Raphaël ^d,e   Wirth, Christian ^d   Pontes, Laíse da Silveira ^f   Soussana, Jean François ^a   Louault, Frédérique ^a  

^a French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axes of specialization; Biodiversity; Coexistence; Dominant species; Over yielding; Plant functional dissimilarity; Plant functional trait; Subordinate species

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FERTILITY; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; FERTILITY; FRANCE; POACEAE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866377476     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04287.x     Document Type: Article

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