Effects of mesoscale environmental heterogeneity and dispersal limitation on floristic variation in rain forest ferns

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-195

  Jones, Mirkka M ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Clark, David B ^b   Olivas, Paulo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Dispersal limitation; Environmental heterogeneity; Floristic variation; La Selva; Mesoscale; Niche assembly; Pteridophytes; Variation partitioning; Vegetation environment relationships

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FLORISTICS; RAINFOREST;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33645093160     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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