Metacommunity structure of tropical forest along an elevation gradient in Puerto Rico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Barone, John A ^a,b   Thomlinson, John ^a   Cordero, Pedro Anglada ^a   Zimmerman, Jess K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Elevation; Metacommunity; Montane communities; Nestedness; Puerto Rico; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METAPOPULATION; MONTANE FOREST; NESTEDNESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 51349139434     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005208     Document Type: Article

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