The strengths of r- And K-selection shape diversity-disturbance relationships

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bohn, Kristin ^a,b   Pavlick, Ryan ^a   Reu, Björn ^a,c   Kleidon, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIVERSITY DISTURBANCE RELATIONSHIP; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GROWTH RATE; K SELECTION; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; R SELECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISPERSAL;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISPERSAL;

EID: 84899759560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095659     Document Type: Article

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