Trait but not species convergence during plant community assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2121-2130

  Helsen, Kenny ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84869882844     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20499.x     Document Type: Article

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