Allocating CSR plant functional types: The use of leaf economics and size traits to classify woody and herbaceous vascular plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1002-1010

  Pierce, Simon ^a   Brusa, Guido ^b   Vagge, Ilda ^a   Cerabolini, Bruno E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; CSR theory; Grime; Life form; Plant functional type; Universal adaptive strategy theory

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLASSIFICATION; DRY MATTER; FLORA; GYMNOSPERM; HERB; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; PTERIDOPHYTE; SPECIALIZATION; WOODY PLANT;

FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84880733408     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12095     Document Type: Article

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