Patterns of species diversity on an oceanic versus a continental island mountain: A hypothesis on species diversification

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 879-888

  Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative ecology; Impoverished flora; Isolation; Parapatry; Species turnover; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ISLAND; OCEANIC ISLAND; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSIFICATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MALAYSIA, SABAH, KINABALU; USA, HAWAII, MAUI, HALEAKALA;

EID: 0030299368     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236463     Document Type: Article

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