Global patterns of tree species richness in moist forests: Distinguishing ecological influences and historical contingency

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-373

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Latham, Roger Earl ^b   Qian, Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOREST; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032839468     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546454     Document Type: Article

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