Revisiting darwins hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species ecological breadth?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-62

  Sides, Colby B ^a,d   Enquist, Brian J ^a,b,d   Ebersole, James J ^c   Smith, Marielle N ^a,d   Henderson, Amanda N ^a,d   Sloat, Lindsey L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Functional traits; Intraspecific variation; Species ecological breadth; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES ECOLOGICAL BREADTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SPECIES ECOLOGICAL BREADTH; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA;

ALTITUDE; COLORADO; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; GENETIC VARIATION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892615174     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300284     Document Type: Article

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