Functional and phylogenetic assembly in a Chinese tropical tree community across size classes, spatial scales and habitats

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 520-529

  Yang, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Guocheng ^a,b   Ci, Xiuqin ^a,b   Swenson, Nathan G ^c   Cao, Min ^a   Sha, Liqing ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^d,e   Slik, J W Ferry ^a   Lin, Luxiang ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic processes; Functional and phylogenetic dispersion; Functional traits; Neutral processes; Phylogenetic signal; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA;

EID: 84896058340     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12176     Document Type: Article

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