Investigations in commonness and rarity: A comparative analysis of co-occurring, congeneric Mexican trees

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 618-627

  Kelly, Colleen K ^a,b,f   Smith, Helena Banyard ^a   Buckley, Yvonne M ^c   Carter, Rebecca ^a   Franco, Miguel ^b   Johnson, William ^a   Jones, Tim ^a   May, Ben ^a   Ishiwara, Rubèn Pèrez ^b   Pèrez Jimènez, Alfredo ^d   Magallanes, Arturo Solis ^e   Steers, Helen ^a   Waterman, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Congeneric comparisons; Independent contrasts; Rare plants; Recruitment fluctuation; Size distributions; Species coexistence; Storage dynamics

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0035201582     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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