Habitat specialization and the role of trait lability in structuring diverse willow (genus Salix) communities

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 8 SPEC. ISSUE, 2012, Pages

  Savage, Jessica A ^a,b   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community phylogenetics; Drought; Functional diversity; Phylogenetic signal; Populus; Salix; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERLOGGING;

POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 84875699920     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0406.1     Document Type: Article

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