Both facilitation and limiting similarity shape the species coexistence in dry alkali grasslands

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-38

  Kelemen, András ^a   Török, Péter ^b   Valkó, Orsolya ^b   Deák, Balázs ^a   Tóth, Katalin ^b   Tóthmérész, Béla ^b  

^a MTA DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Biomass; Competition; Functional diversity; Plant traits; Trait dissimilarity

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84921293979     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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