Difficulties with estimating and interpreting species pools and the implcations for understanding patterns of diversity

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-83

  Grace, James B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Included niches; Observed species pools; Potential species pools; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL;

EID: 0035026991     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803140     Document Type: Article

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