MULTIPLE TRAIT ASSOCIATIONS IN RELATION TO HABITAT DIFFERENTIATION AMONG 17 FLORIDIAN OAK SPECIES
MULTIPLE TRAIT ASSOCIATIONS IN RELATION TO HABITAT DIFFERENTIATION AMONG 17 FLORIDIAN OAK SPECIES
J. Cavender-Bares,K. Kitajima,F. Bazzaz
2004 · DOI: 10.1890/03-4007
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TLDR
The results reported here provide strong evidence that oak species specialize for par- ticular niches via trade-offs in functional traits, and such niche partitioning contributes to the high diversity of oak species at the landscape level.