Plant trait distribution and the spatial reorganization of tree assemblages in a fragmented tropical forest landscape

Plant Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 31-42

  Mendes, Gabriel ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Almeida, Wanessa Rejane ^a   Pinto, Severino Rodrigo Ribeiro ^c   Pillar, Valério D ^d   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c Centro de Pesquisas Ambientais do Nordeste   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community functional structure; Edge effects; Environmental filtering; Functional divergence; Spatial organization; Trait convergence

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; EDGE EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATCH SIZE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84956692744     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-015-0557-6     Document Type: Article

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