The influence of spatial and size scale on phylogenetic relatedness in tropical forest communities

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1770-1780

  Swenson, Nathan G ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^a   Thompson, Jill ^b   Zimmerman, Jess K ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Body size; Community ecology; Phylogenetic trait conservatism; Phylogeny; Scaling; Species pool; Specific leaf area; Stoichiometry; Tropical forest dynamics plot; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 34548418155     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1499.1     Document Type: Article

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