Local plant species richness increases with regional habitat commonness across a gradient of forest productivity

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Schamp, Brandon S ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a   Lee, Harold ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest productivity; Habitat commonness; Species diversity; Species pool hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0344983337     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803199     Document Type: Article

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