Topographic and spatial controls of palm species distributions in a montane rain forest, southern Ecuador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 219-228

  Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Harlev, Dorthea ^a   Sørensen, Marianne Moesgaard ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altitude; Andes; Arecaceae; Community composition; Dispersal limitation; Environmental sorting; Metacommunity ecology; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AIPHANES; ARECACEAE; CEROXYLON; CHAMAEDOREA PINNATIFRONS; DICTYOCARYUM LAMARCKIANUM; EUTERPE PRECATORIA; GEONOMA; GEONOMA ORBIGNYANA; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA; VERRUCOSA; WETTINIA;

EID: 58349088272     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9468-3     Document Type: Article

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