The effects of grazing on foliar trait diversity and niche differentiation in Tibetan alpine meadows

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Niu, Kechang ^a,b,c   Messier, Julie ^c,d   He, Jin Sheng ^b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Competitive exclusion; Functional diversity; Leaf economic spectrum; Soil nutrients; Trait convergence; Trait divergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942133455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00547.1     Document Type: Article

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