Comparing functional diversity in traits and demography of Central European vegetation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 910-920

  Herben, Tomáš ^a,b   Nováková, Zuzana ^b   Klimešová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Botanical garden; Habitat filtering; LHS traits; Seed reproduction; Standardized effect size; Trait under dispersion; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION TYPE; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 84881313400     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12054     Document Type: Article

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