Hydrologically defined niches reveal a basis for species richness in plant communities

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6739, 1999, Pages 61-63

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Dodd, Mike E ^a   Gowing, David J G ^b   Mountford, J Owen ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FLORA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033167981     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21877     Document Type: Article

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