Beta diversity of angiosperms in temperate floras of eastern Asia and eastern North America

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-22

  Qian, Hong ^a,b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^c   White, Peter S ^d  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Distance decay of similarity; Geographic distance; Region effect; S rensen's index; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLORA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ENA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 12944252850     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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