Are trait-based species rankings consistent across data sets and spatial scales?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 235-247

  Kazakou, Elena ^a   Violle, Cyrille ^a   Roumet, Catherine ^a   Navas, Marie Laure ^a   Vile, Denis ^b   Kattge, Jens ^c   Garnier, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common garden experiment; Comparative ecology; Field observations; Functional trait; Inter specific variability; Intra specific variability; Species ranking; Trait database

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RANKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890548932     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12066     Document Type: Article

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