What drives elevational patterns of diversity? A test of geometric constraints, climate and species pool effects for pteridophytes on an elevational gradient in Costa Rica

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-371

  Kluge, Jürgen ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; Costa Rica; Elevational gradient; Geometric constraints; Neotropics; Null model; Pteridophytes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; HUMIDITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR PLANT;

BARVA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA;

EID: 33745620438     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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