Functional trait variation along environmental gradients in temperate and Mediterranean trees

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1377-1389

  Vilà Cabrera, Albert ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b   Retana, Javier ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological scales; Environmental gradients; Fagaceae; Functional traits; Intraspecific variability; Pinaceae; Variance

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FAGACEAE; PINACEAE;

EID: 84946484174     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12379     Document Type: Article

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