Foundation species influence trait-based community assembly

Summary Here, we incorporate facilitation into trait-based community assembly theory by testing two mutually compatible facilitative mechanisms: changes in the environmental filter, causing either an increase in the range of trait values (i.e. a range expansion effect) and/or a shift in trait distri...

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Publié dans:The New Phytologist. - Wiley. - 196(2012), 3, Seite 824-834
Format: Article en ligne
Publié: 2012
Accès à la collection:The New Phytologist
Sujets:biodiversity coexistence community assembly facilitation functional traits intraspecific variability niche theory plant–plant interactions Biological sciences Physical sciences