Complex plant-soil interactions enhance plant species diversity by delaying community convergence

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-324

  Fukami, Tadashi ^a   Nakajima, Mifuyu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Alternative transient states; Beta diversity; Delayed convergence hypothesis; Dispersal; Historical contingency; Janzen Connell effects; Plant succession; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Priority effects

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENCE; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIORITIZATION; SOIL BIOTA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84874203173     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12048     Document Type: Article

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