Local plant diversity patterns and evolutionary history at the regional scale

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2361-2366

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acidity; Biogeography; Diversity; Soil pH; Species pool; Species richness; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; PH; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

TRACHEOPHYTA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0038082020     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2361:LPDPAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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