Species richness and altitude: A comparison between null models and interpolated plant species richness along the himalayan altitudinal gradient, Nepal

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 294-304

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a   Vetaas, Ole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hard boundaries; Interpolation; Null model; Unimodal relationship

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BOUNDARY; INTERPOLATION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEPAL;

EID: 0036183804     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338542     Document Type: Article

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