Changes in trait divergence and convergence along a productivity gradient in wet meadows

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-105

  Carboni, Marta ^a,b   de Bello, Francesco ^a   Janeček, Štepán ^a   Doležal, Jirí ^a   Horník, Jan ^a   Lepš, Jan ^c   Reitalu, Triin ^d   Klimešová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clonal traits; Competition; Environmental filtering; Limiting similarity; Niche differentiation; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893787183     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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