Ecosystem multifunctionality of coastal marshes is determined by key plant traits

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 651-662

  Minden, Vanessa ^a   Kleyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effect traits; Functional ecology; Multifunctionality; Path analysis; Productivity; Response traits; Salt marsh; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; PATH ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALTMARSH;

GERMANY;

EID: 84931574763     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12276     Document Type: Article

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