Differences in the degree of environmental control on large and small tropical plants: Just a sampling effect?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-377

  Jones, Mirkka M ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Olivas, Paulo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Edaphic variation; Floristic similarity; Habitat specialization; Plant size; Pteridophyta; Sampling efficiency; Soils; Trees; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLORISTICS; PTERIDOPHYTE; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 38849117130     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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