Phylogenetic relatedness and the determinants of competitive outcomes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 836-844

  Godoy, Oscar ^a   Kraft, Nathan J B ^b   Levine, Jonathan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annual plants; California grasslands; Coexistence; Community assembly; Competitive responses; Demography; Fitness; Niches; Trait conservatism

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ASSEMBLY RULE; COEXISTENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE; RELATEDNESS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANNUAL PLANTS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIFORNIA GRASSLANDS; CLASSIFICATION; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; COMPETITIVE RESPONSES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FITNESS; NICHES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TRAIT CONSERVATISM; UNITED STATES;

ANNUAL PLANTS; CALIFORNIA GRASSLANDS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; COMPETITIVE RESPONSES; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; NICHES; TRAIT CONSERVATISM;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 84901691525     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12289     Document Type: Article

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