Selecting traits that explain species-environment relationships: A generalized linear mixed model approach

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 988-1000

  Jamil, Tahira ^a,b   Ozinga, Wim A ^a,c   Kleyer, Michael ^d   Ter Braak, Cajo J F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Environmental gradient; Fourth corner; Functional ecology; Generalized linear mixed model; RLQ; Species traits; Trait environment relationship

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LEAF AREA; LINEARITY; MEADOW; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 84885128818     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.12036.x     Document Type: Article

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