The importance of Biotic vs. Abiotic drivers of local plant community composition along regional bioclimatic gradients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Klanderud, Kari ^a,b   Vandvik, Vigdis ^b   Goldberg, Deborah ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VEGETATION; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; PLANT; PLANT DISPERSAL; SEASON;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; NORWAY; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84939198451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130205     Document Type: Article

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