Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: Contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1422-1433

  Bernard Verdier, Maud ^a   Navas, Marie Laure ^a   Vellend, Mark ^b   Violle, Cyrille ^a   Fayolle, Adeline ^a,c   Garnier, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Environmental filtering; Functional community structure; Functional convergence; Functional divergence; Null model; Plant traits; Soil resource gradient; Trait environment relationships

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84867806561     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12003     Document Type: Article

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