Absence of phylogenetic signal in the niche structure of meadow plant communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1582, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   McConway, Kevin ^a   Gowing, David ^a   Dodd, Mike ^a   Fay, Michael F ^b   Joseph, Jeffrey A ^b   Dolphin, Konrad ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Evolution; Niche; Plant community structure; rbcL

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEADOW; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; ENGLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 33645299872     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3288     Document Type: Article

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