A comparison of altitudinal species richness patterns of bryophytes with other plant groups in Nepal, Central Himalaya

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1907-1915

  Grau, Oriol ^a,b   Grytnes, John Arvid ^b   Birks, H J B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Bryophytes; Elevational gradient; Endemism; Himalaya; Liverworts; Mid domain effect; Mosses; Rapoport's elevational rule; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIVERWORT; MOSS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 35348941222     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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