Contrasting relationships between precipitation and species richness in space and time

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Adler, Peter B ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846429149     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15327.x     Document Type: Article

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