Placing empirical limits on metapopulation models for terrestrial plants

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-288

  Scheiner, Samuel M ^a   Rey Benayas, José M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Island biogeography; Niche based models; Species distributions; Terrestrial plants

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; METAPOPULATION MODEL; MODELLING; NICHE-BASED MODEL; PLANT;

EID: 0030614018     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018464319460     Document Type: Article

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