Determinants of local abundance and range size in forest vascular plants

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-247

  Kolb, Annette ^a,c   Barsch, Frank ^b   Diekmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Health   (Botswana)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deciduous forests; Density; Forest herbs; Life history traits; Niche availability; Niche breadth; Northwestern Germany; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE BREADTH; PH; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33646140360     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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