Facilitation can increase the phylogenetic diversity of plant communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1029-1036

  Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a   Verdú, Miguel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community assembly rules; Facilitation; Phylogenetic community structure; Phylogenetic diversity; Regeneration niche conservatism; Sustenance of global biodiversity; Tehuac n Cuicatl n Valley

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; FACILITATION; NURSE PLANT; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

EID: 34848819204     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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