Local ecology and geographic ranges of plants in the Bishop Creek watershed of the eastern Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1637-1657

  Kimball, Sarah ^a,b   Wilson, Paul ^a,c,d   Crowther, Jack ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Endemism; Niche; Range size; Sierra Nevada; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; NICHE; RANGE SIZE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4744355873     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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