Spatial heterogeneity influences native and nonnative plant species richness

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3186-3199

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Stohlgren, Thomas J ^b   Chong, Geneva W ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; FRAGSTATS; Landscape metrics; Model selection; Native and nonnative plant species richness; Rocky mountains; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; COLORADO; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33845709897     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3186:SHINAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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