Using functional trait diversity to evaluate the contribution of multiple ecological processes to community assembly during succession

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1176-1186

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Qi, Wei ^b   John, Robert ^c   Wang, Wenbin ^b   Song, Feifan ^b   Zhou, Shurong ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ASSEMBLY RULE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84955384668     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01123     Document Type: Article

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