General patterns of taxonomic and biomass partitioning in extant and fossil plant communities

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6907, 2002, Pages 610-613

  Enquist, Brian J ^a,b   Haskell, John P ^c   Tiffney, Bruce H ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EVOLUTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PLANT; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 0037057622     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01069     Document Type: Article

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