Spatial and temporal variation in species-area relationships in the Fynbos biological hotspot

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 852-861

  Manne, Lisa L ^a   Williams, Paul H ^b   Midgley, Guy F ^c   Thuiller, Wilfried ^d   Rebelo, Tony ^c   Hannah, Lee ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PROTEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 37349061136     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05121.x     Document Type: Article

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