Trait-based filtering from the regional species pool into local grassland communities

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 347-355

  Marteinsdóttir, Bryndís ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

assembly rules; community assembly; dispersal limitation; environmental filtering; functional traits; limiting similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905174512     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtt032     Document Type: Article

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