Functional redundancy and stability in plant communities

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 963-974

  Pillar, Valério D ^a   Blanco, Carolina C ^a   Müller, Sandra C ^a   Sosinski, Enio E ^a,b   Joner, Fernando ^a,c   Duarte, Leandro D S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CLIMA TEMPERADO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA FRONTEIRA SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Causal models; Community resilience; Disturbance; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Grazing intensity; Path analysis; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENTROPY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; PATH ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESILIENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84881317338     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12047     Document Type: Article

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