Plant diversity, biogeography and environment in Iberia: Patterns and possible causal factors

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-258

  Benayas, Rey ^a   Jose M ^a   Scheiner, Samuel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Available energy; Community type; Environmental heterogeneity; Global change; Mosaic diversity; Resource; Scale; Soil type; Species richness; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0036300086     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02045.x     Document Type: Article

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