Using a functional ecology approach to assist plant selection for restoration of Mediterranean woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 424, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-10

  Muler, Ana L ^a   Canham, Caroline A ^a,b   van Etten, Eddie J B ^a   Stock, William D ^a   Froend, Raymond H ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Plant functional groups and multivariate analyses; Resistance to water deficits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUP AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYZE; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RESISTANCE TO WATER DEFICIT; WATER DEFICITS; WATER USE; XYLEM VESSELS;

RESTORATION;

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER USE; WOODLAND;

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MEDITERRANEAN; PLANTS; RESTORATION; WATER;

AUSTRALIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BANKSIA;

EID: 85046371650     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.032     Document Type: Article

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