Characterizing the phylogenetic structure of communities by an additive partitioning of phylogenetic diversity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-506

  Hardy, Olivier J ^a   Senterre, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning of diversity; Community ecology; Equatorial Guinea; Neutral community; Phylogenetic structure of communities; Phylogeny; Rain forest; Randomization test; Species assemblage; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GENETICS; RAINFOREST;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247226174     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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