Between- and within-species trait variability and the assembly of sapling communities in forest patches

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-31

  Carlucci, Marcos B ^a   Debastiani, Vanderlei J ^a   Pillar, Valério D ^a   Duarte, Leandro D S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Community weighted trait mean; Environmental filtering; Functional diversity; Interspecific variability; Intraspecific variability; Limiting similarity; Phenotypic plasticity; Trait convergence; Trait divergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912015152     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12223     Document Type: Article

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