Shocks to the system: Community assembly of the oak savanna in a 40-year fire frequency experiment

Ecology

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

  Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve; Climatic perturbation; Community weighted means; Depth of turnover; Fire frequency; Functional traits; Oak savanna; Phylogenetic niche conservatism; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; LEAF AREA; PERTURBATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

CEDAR CREEK NATURAL HISTORY AREA; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; POACEAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 84875731887     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0502.1     Document Type: Article

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