Functional diversity of reproductive traits increases across succession in the Atlantic forest

Abstract Niche and neutral processes shape community assembly with a possible shift of niche and neutral importance in communities undergoing temporal changes during succession. Functional diversity helps to discriminate assembly processes since trait distribution is dependent on those processes. We...

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Main Authors: Bianca Warring, Fernanda Cristina Gil Cardoso, Marcia C.M. Marques, Isabela Galarda Varassin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Rodriguésia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602016000200321&lng=en&tlng=en