Trait-mediated effects of environmental filtering on tree community dynamics

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 722-733

  Lasky, Jesse R ^a   Sun, I Fang ^b   Su, Sheng Hsin ^c   Chen, Zueng Sang ^d   Keitt, Timothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Functional traits; Fushan Taiwan; Landscape; Plant population and community dynamics; Topography

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVIVORSHIP; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84876684510     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12065     Document Type: Article

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