Global models for predicting woody plant richness from climate: Development and evaluation

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2263-2277

  Field, Richard ^a   O'Brien, Eileen M ^b,c   Whittaker, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Gainesville College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate; Climatic potential for richness; Diversity gradients; Interim general model; Kenya; Model evaluation; Species richness; Water energy dynamics; Woody plant diversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 23944466857     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1910     Document Type: Article

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