The relative role of species pools in determining plant species richness: An alternative explanation of species coexistence?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 266-269

  Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-POOL THEORY;

EID: 0031285087     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01096-3     Document Type: Review

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