To what extent does Tobler's 1st law of geography apply to macroecology? A case study using American palms (Arecaceae)

BMC Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bjorholm, Stine ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Skov, Flemming ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ARECACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45749144337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-8-11     Document Type: Article

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