Can the mass effect explain the mid-altitudinal peak in vascular plant species richness?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-382

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a,b   Heegaard, Einar ^a,c   Romdal, Tom S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Elevational gradient; Mid domain effect; Source sink dynamics; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

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EID: 44349110227     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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