The relationship between local species richness and species pool: A case study from the high mountains of the Greater Caucasus

Plant Ecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-22

  Akatov, Valeriy ^a   Chefranov, Sergey ^a   Akatova, Tatjana ^b  

^a MAIKOP STATE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Caucasus State Reserve   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Actual species pool; Local species richness; Meadow communities; Scree plant communities; Species frequency; Species pool hypothesis; Species saturation

Indexed keywords

MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAUCASUS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27944500235     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-5088-5     Document Type: Article

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