Incorporating dominant species as proxies for biotic interactions strengthens plant community models

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 767-775

  Le Roux, Peter C ^a,b   Pellissier, Loïc ^c   Wisz, Mary S ^c,d,e   Luoto, Miska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e Department of Ecology and Environment DHI Water and Environment ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abiotic gradients; Biotic interactions; Community composition; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Functional structure; Leaf dry matter content; Species distribution modelling; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; DRY MATTER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84898801476     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12239     Document Type: Article

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