Orchids of the West Indies: Predictability of diversity and endemism

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 779-786

  Ackerman, J D ^a   Trejo Torres, J C ^b   Crespo Chuy, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Ciudadanos del Karso   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Caribbean; Habitat diversity; Island biogeography; Orchidaceae; Small island effect; Species richness; Species area relationships; Species elevation relationships

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ELEVATION; ENDEMISM; ISLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 34247179125     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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