Patterns of diversity and range size of selected plant groups along an elevational transect in the Bolivian Andes

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1897-1921

  Kessler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humid montane forest; Niche breadth; Pteridophyta; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; MONTANE FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOLIVIA;

ACANTHACEAE; ARACEAE; ARECACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; MELASTOMATACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0035679886     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013130902993     Document Type: Article

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