Within and between population variation in plant traits predicts ecosystem functions associated with a dominant plant species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1151-1161

  Breza, Lauren C ^a   Souza, Lara ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^a   Classen, Aimée T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Inflorescence mass; Intraspecific variation; Net ecosystem carbon exchange; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878556971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.223     Document Type: Article

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