The scale-dependent importance of habitat factors and dispersal limitation in structuring Great Lakes shoreline plant communities

Plant Ecology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-223

  Girdler, E Binney ^a   Connor Barrie, Benjamin T ^a  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Distance decay; Habitat turnover; Neutral theory; Niche theory; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SCALE EFFECT; SHORELINE; TURNOVER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 50849094564     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9396-z     Document Type: Article

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