Elevational species richness patterns for vascular plants on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1838-1849

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a,b   Beaman, John H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Borneo; Macroecology; Mount Kinabalu; Rarefaction; Sampling effort; Species diversity; Species richness gradient; Tropical mountains

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ELEVATION; EPIPHYTE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; MOUNT KINABALU; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

FILICOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33748523121     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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