Geographical range size of tropical plants influences their response to anthropogenic activities

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Lozada, Tannya ^a,c   De Koning, G H J ^a   Kessler, Michael ^b   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Box 17116326 ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Choc biogeographical region; Disturbance; Ecuador; Endemism; Land use management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37149057199     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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