Interpreting co-variation in species richness and productivity in terrestrial vegetation: Making sense of causations and correlations at multiple scales

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-403

  Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascading graph diagrams; Sampling effect; Scale; Species pool hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; MODEL; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 11044227064     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803210     Document Type: Article

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