Local richness-species pool ratio: A consequence of the species-area relationship

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-23

  Bartha, Sándor ^a   Ittzés, Péter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Coexistence mechanisms; Dispersal limitation; Individual based null models; Methodology; Niche limitation; Spatial pattern; Spatially explicit simulations; Species saturation

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0035021413     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803134     Document Type: Article

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