A family of null models to distinguish between environmental filtering and biotic interactions in functional diversity patterns

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 853-864

  Chalmandrier, L ^a   Munkemuller T ^a   Gallien, L ^a   De Bello, F ^b   Mazel, F ^a   Lavergne, S ^a   Thuiller, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Biotic and abiotic filtering; Limiting similarity; Null models; Simulated communities

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84881304218     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12031     Document Type: Article

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