Correlates of geographic range size in New Zealand Chionochloa (Poaceae) species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1751-1761

  Lloyd, Kelvin M ^a,b   Wilson, J Bastow ^a   Lee, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic habitats; Commonness; Conservation; Dispersal; Drought; Habitat range; Pre adaptation; Rarity; Relative growth rate; Reproductive allocation; Seed size; Stress; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT; GROWTH; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTION; WATERLOGGING;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHIONOCHLOA; POACEAE;

EID: 0242657570     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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