A phenological mid-domain effect in flowering diversity

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-89

  Morales, Manuel A ^a   Dodge, Gary J ^b,c   Inouye, David W ^b,c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Flowering species richness; Null models; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; COLORADO; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

INSECTA;

EID: 11944264682     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1694-0     Document Type: Article

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