Pteridophyte richness, climate and topography in the Iberian Peninsula: Comparing spatial and nonspatial models of richness patterns

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-165

  Ferrer Castán, Dolores ^a   Vetaas, Ole R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ferns; Generalized least squares models; Geographical grid system; Heterogeneity; Macroecology; Mid domain effect; Spatial autocorrelation; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE; PTERIDOPHYTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14844346219     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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