Phylogenetic overdispersion in Floridian oak communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 823-843

  Cavender Bares, J ^a,b,e   Ackerly, D D ^c   Baum, D A ^d   Bazzaz, F A ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved and convergent trait evolution; Ecological filtering; Null models; Phylogenetic structure of communities; Quercus; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE OVERLAP; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; HISTOLOGY; OAK; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FLORIDA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 3042725378     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386375     Document Type: Article

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