Scaling-up Trait Variation from Individuals to Ecosystems

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-17

  Gibert, Jean P ^a   Dell, Anthony I ^b   DeLong, John P ^a   Pawar, Samraat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC)   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Diversity; Dynamics; Ecosystem function; Functional trait; Individual variation; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952719945     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.03.001     Document Type: Chapter

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