Biogeographic regions and β-diversity of woody dryland legumes in the Baja California peninsula

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 859-868

  Garcillán, Pedro P ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desert; Distance decay; Leguminosae; Mexico; Similarity; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; LEGUME; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; TURNOVER; WOODY PLANT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

FABACEAE;

EID: 1142269714     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02219.x     Document Type: Article

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