Riparian forests of Southwest Europe: Are functional trait and species composition assemblages constrained by environment?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 628-638

  Aguiar, Francisca C ^a   Cerdeira, Jorge Orestes ^a,b   Martins, Maria João ^a   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composition; Dispersion indicators; Environmental variables; Forests; Functional plant traits; Mediterranean region; Portugal; Rivers; Spatial scale; Trees; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

ALNUS; ERICA ARBOREA;

EID: 84880297500     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12009     Document Type: Article

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