Are New Zealand's Nothofagus species in equilibrium with their environment?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 719-732

  Leathwick, John R ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Forest; Generalized additive model; Humidity; Predictive spatial model; Solar radiation; Spatial autocorrelation; Species distribution; Vegetation history; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 0032451492     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237290     Document Type: Article

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