Phylogeny and the hierarchical organization of plant diversity

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Dodd, Mike ^a   Gowing, David ^a   Lawson, Clare ^b   McConway, Kevin ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community assembly; Diversity; Evolutionary lability; Geographical range; Habitat; Hydrology; Niche overlap; Plant community; Plant phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 33749830915     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[39:pathoo]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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