Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-356

  Cornwell, William K ^a,b   Westoby, Mark ^c   Falster, Daniel S ^c   Fitzjohn, Richard G ^c,d   O'Meara, Brian C ^e   Pennell, Matthew W ^f   McGlinn, Daniel J ^g   Eastman, Jonathan M ^f   Moles, Angela T ^b   Reich, Peter B ^h   Tank, David C ^f   Wright, Ian J ^c   Aarssen, Lonnie ⁱ   Beaulieu, Jeremy M ^e   Kooyman, Robert M ^c,j   Leishman, Michelle R ^c   Miller, Eliot T ^k   Niinemets, Ülo ^l   Oleksyn, Jacek ^m   Ordonez, Alejandro ⁿ   Royer, Dana L ^o   Smith, Stephen A ^p   Stevens, Peter F ^k   Warman, Laura ^b,q   Wilf, Peter ^r   Zanne, Amy E ^s,t   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^l ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^m INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^o WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^q USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^r PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Functional traits; Geographic and climatic distributions; Kolmogorov Smirnov Importance index; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf size; Maximum adult height; Phylogenetic tree; Seed mass; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894100767     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12208     Document Type: Article

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