Species traits and plant performance: Functional trade-offs in a large set of species in a botanical garden

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1522-1533

  Herben, Tomáš ^a,b   Nováková, Zuzana ^b   Klimešová, Jitka ^a   Hrouda, Lubomír ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Life history costs; Ordinal regression; Phylogenetic data; Reproductive ecology; Seed reproduction; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; GARDEN; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 84867834367     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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