Ecological niche shifts of understorey plants along a latitudinal gradient of temperate forests in north-western Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1130-1140

  Wasof, Safaa ^a   Lenoir, Jonathan ^a   Gallet Moron, Emilie ^a   Jamoneau, Aurélien ^a   Brunet, Jörg ^b   Cousins, Sara A O ^c   De Frenne, Pieter ^d,e   Diekmann, Martin ^f   Hermy, Martin ^g   Kolb, Annette ^f   Liira, Jaan ^h   Verheyen, Kris ^d   Wulf, Monika ^i,j   Decocq, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Beta diversity; Climate change; Detrended correspondence analyses; Ellenberg indicator values; Forest understorey plant species; Niche optimum; Niche width; Plant community; Realized niche

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ESTONIA; FRANCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84883552417     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12073     Document Type: Article

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