Are ecotone properties scale-dependent? A test from a Nothofagus treeline in southern New Zealand

Community Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Stowe, C J ^a   Kissling, W D ^b   Ohlemuller R ^a   Wilson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary; Dissimilarity; Exotic species; Heterogeneity; Spatial grains; Species richness; Species area relations

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; HETEROGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TREELINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 0041567071     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.4.2003.1.4     Document Type: Article

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