Taxon size predicts rates of rarity in vascular plants

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 464-469

  Schwartz, Mark W ^a   Simberloff, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; North America; Phylogeny; Rarity; Taxonomic patterns; Vascular flora

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; RARITY; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034759698     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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