Environment, dispersal and patterns of species similarity

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1044-1054

  Steinitz, Ofer ^a   Heller, Joseph ^a   Tsoar, Asaf ^a   Rotem, Dotan ^a   Kadmon, Ronen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Birds; Environmental distance; Geographical distance; Grain size; Israel; Land snails; Mantel test; Scale; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SIMILARITY INDEX; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

AVES; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33646710863     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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