Common species have lower taxonomic diversity: Evidence from the urban floras of Brussels and Rome

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 530-537

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Godefroid, Sandrine ^b   Celesti Grapow, Laura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Core satellite species model; Dominant subordinate transient species model; Randomization; Species pool hypothesis; Taxonomic relatedness; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLORA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; TAXONOMY; TOPOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42149172680     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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