The species pool and its relation to species richness: Evidence from Estonian plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a   Zobel, Kristjan ^a   Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; REGIONAL SPECIES POOL; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0029730989     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546327     Document Type: Article

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