Neighbour diversity in lichen-dominated communities

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-578

  Dale, M R T ^a   John, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non randomness; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial segregation hypothesis; Species association

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LICHEN; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033179919     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237191     Document Type: Article

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