How natural habitat patchiness affects the distribution of diversity in Californian serpentine chaparral

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1898-1906

  Harrison, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; California; Chaparral; Edge effects; Gamma diversity; Metacommunity; Patchiness; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DIVERSITY; BETA DIVERSITY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SERPENTINE SOIL; WOODY PLANT;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030613589     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1898:HNHPAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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