Niche breadth, competitive strength and range size of tree species: A trade-off based framework to understand species distribution

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Morin, Xavier ^a   Chuine, Isabelle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeographical patterns; Comparative analysis corrected for phylogeny; Life history traits; Macroecology; Range size; Rapoport's rule; Successional status; Temperate zone trees

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE BREADTH; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 33644965100     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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