Families with highest proportions of rare species are not consistent between floras

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 733-740

  Edwards, Will ^a,b   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental comparisons; Inconsistency; Rarity; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RARITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034496218     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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