Rare species drive local trait diversity in two geographically disjunct examples of a naturally rare alpine ecosystem in New Zealand - Richardson, Sarah J.; Williams, Peter A.; Mason, Norman W. H.; Buxton, Rowan P.; Courtney, Shannel P.; Rance, Brian D.; Clarkson, Beverley R.; Hoare, Robert J. B.; St. John, Mark G.; Wiser, Susan K. (Journal of vegetation science, 2012)
Keywords: Assembly rules; Biological taxonomies; Diversity partitioning; Ecosystems; Functional diversity; Granite gravel field; Gravel; Leaf nutrient concentrations; Phylogenetic diversity; Phylogenetics; Plant functional trait; Plants; Rare species; Species; Species diversity; Synecology; Vegetation