A test of the humped-back theory of species richness in New Zealand native forest

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-177

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a   Allen, Ralph B ^b   Hewitt, Allan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C S R theory; Forest; Grime's 'triangular' theory; Humped back curve; Productivity; Species richness; Species area relations; Stress

Indexed keywords

GRIME'S TRIANGULAR MODEL; HUMPED-BACK THEORY; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGO;

EID: 0030324624     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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