Elevation, Topography, and Edge Effects Drive Functional Composition of Woody Plant Species in Tropical Montane Forests

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 449-458

  Apaza Quevedo, Amira ^a,b   Lippok, Denis ^a   Hensen, Isabell ^a,c   Schleuning, Matthias ^a,d   Both, Sabine ^e  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitive conservative trade off; Bolivia; Fourth corner analysis; Fragmentation; Functional diversity; Functional structure; Leaf traits

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; EDGE EFFECT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRADE-OFF; WOODY PLANT;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84937023879     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12232     Document Type: Article

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