Using plant traits to predict the sensitivity of colonizations and extirpations to landscape context

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 511-524

  McCune, Jenny L ^a,c   Vellend, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Plant community; Resurvey; Semi permanent plots; Time lags

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS;

EID: 84929951139     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3217-y     Document Type: Article

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