Coarse-scale plant species richness in relation to environmental heterogeneity

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 661-668

  Pausas, Juli G ^a   Carreras, Jordi ^b   Ferré, Albert ^b   Font, Xavier ^b  

^a Fund Ctro Estud Ambient M   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Generalized linear modelling (GLM); Geographical grid system; Species area relation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0242350449     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02198.x     Document Type: Article

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