What makes nutrient-poor mediterranean heathlands so rich in plant diversity?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 935-955

  Wisheu, Irene C ^a   Rosenzweig, Michael L ^b   Olsvig Whittaker, Linda ^c   Shmida, Avi ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hot spot; Fynbos; Kwongan; Seeder; Speciation; Sprouter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000277711     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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