How much of the world is woody?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1266-1272

  Fitzjohn, Richard G ^a,b   Pennell, Matthew W ^c,d   Zanne, Amy E ^e,f   Stevens, Peter F ^f,g   Tank, David C ^c   Cornwell, William K ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^h VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data bases; Determinantes of plant community diversity and structure; Functional diversity; Herbaceousness; Macroecology; Sampling bias; Woodiness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATABASE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH FORM; HERB; MACROECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; WOODY PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84906048658     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12260     Document Type: Article

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