Fire severity filters regeneration traits to shape community assembly in Alaska's boreal forest.

Disturbance can both initiate and shape patterns of secondary succession by affecting processes of community assembly. Thus, understanding assembly rules is a key element of predicting ecological responses to changing disturbance regimes. We measured the composition and trait characteristics of plan...

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Main Authors: Teresa N Hollingsworth, Jill F Johnstone, Emily L Bernhardt, F Stuart Chapin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572144?pdf=render