New insights into vegetation patterns and processes

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 383-387

  Öpik, Maarja ^a   de Bello, Francesco ^b,c   Price, Jodi N ^d   Fraser, Lauchlan H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Grime's hump backed model; Interaction; Net primary productivity; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84890635111     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12606     Document Type: Article

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