Phylogenetic structure of Floridian plant communities depends on taxonomic and spatial scale

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a   Keen, Adrienne ^a   Miles, Brianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Florida; Ilex; Niche conservatism; Overdispersion; Phylogenetic structure of communities; Pinus; Quercus; Taxonomic scale; Trait convergence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; TAXONOMY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ILEX; QUERCUS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 33749860704     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[109:psofpc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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