Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1254-1261

  Kichenin, Emilie ^a   Wardle, David A ^a   Peltzer, Duane A ^b   Morse, Chris W ^b   Freschet, Grégoire T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elevational gradient; Interspecific and intraspecific variation; Leaf nutrient content; Plant community structure; Plant functional traits; Species turnover; Specific leaf area (SLA); Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TURNOVER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84885171874     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12116     Document Type: Article

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