Foundation species influence trait-based community assembly

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 824-834

  Schöb, Christian ^a,c   Butterfield, Bradley J ^b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coexistence; Community assembly; Facilitation; Functional traits; Intraspecific variability; Niche theory; Plant plant interactions

Indexed keywords

WATER;

COEXISTENCE; DRY MATTER; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS; SOIL; SPAIN; WATER;

EID: 84867396973     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04306.x     Document Type: Article

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