Determinants and spatial modeling of tree β-diversity in a tropical forest landscape in Panama

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Chust, Guillem ^a,b   Chave, Jérôme ^a   Condit, Richard ^c   Aguilar, Salomon ^c   Lao, Suzanne ^c   Pérez, Rolando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Neutral hypothesis; Panama; Remote sensing; Species similarity; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATERSHED;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE;

EID: 33644508927     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0083:DASMOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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