A simulation approach to determine statistical significance of species turnover peaks in a species-rich tropical cloud forest

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 863-870

  Bach, K ^a,b   Kessler, M ^a   Gradstein, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

diversity; Bolivia; Elevational belts; Simulation; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FOREST; ELEVATION; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 35448994865     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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