Nested communities of alpine plants on isolated mountains: Relative importance of colonization and extinction

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-303

  Bruun, Hans Henrik ^a,c   Moen, Jon ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nestedness; Palaeoecology; Relaxation; Scandes Mountains; Species richness; Timberline

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; NESTEDNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0037294195     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00806.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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