A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world-wide

Functional Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 444-457

  Pierce, Simon ^a   Negreiros, Daniel ^b   Cerabolini, Bruno E L ^c   Kattge, Jens ^d   Díaz, Sandra ^e   Kleyer, Michael ^f   Shipley, Bill ^g   Wright, Stuart Joseph ^h   Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A ⁱ   Onipchenko, Vladimir G ^j   van Bodegom, Peter M ⁱ   Frenette Dussault, Cedric ^g   Weiher, Evan ^k   Pinho, Bruno X ^l   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^m   Grime, John Philip ⁿ   Thompson, Ken ⁿ   Hunt, Roderick ^o   Wilson, Peter J ⁿ   Buffa, Gabriella ^p   Nyakunga, Oliver C ^p,q   Reich, Peter B ^r,s   Caccianiga, Marco ^a   Mangili, Federico ^a   Ceriani, Roberta M ^t   Luzzaro, Alessandra ^a   Brusa, Guido ^c   Siefert, Andrew ^u   Barbosa, Newton P U ^b   Chapin, Francis Stuart ^v   Cornwell, William K ^w   Fang, Jingyun ^x   Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson ^b,y   Garnier, Eric ^z   Le Stradic, Soizig ^aa   Peñuelas, Josep ^ab,ac   Melo, Felipe P L ^l   Slaviero, Antonio ^p   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^l   Tampucci, Duccio ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^h SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

ⁱ LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^m VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^p CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^q Mweka   (Tanzania)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^s WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t The Native Flora Centre (Centro Flora Autoctona CFA)   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^x INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^y STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^ab CSIC   (Spain)

^ac CREAF   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

community assembly; comparative ecology; Grime's CSR triangle; plant economics spectrum; plant functional type; survival strategy; universal adaptive strategy theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOME; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DRY MATTER; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; RUDERAL; SPECTRUM; STRESS RESISTANCE; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

CLAYTONIA PERFOLIATA; LARREA DIVARICATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84986275797     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12722     Document Type: Article

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