The role of dispersal ability, climate and spatial separation in shaping biogeographical patterns of phylogenetically distant plant groups in seasonally dry Andean forests of Bolivia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-290

  Linares Palomino, Reynaldo ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Andes; Bolivia; Dispersal limitation; Environmental factors; Floristic dissimilarity; Island biogeography; Plant geography; Seasonal forest island

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACANTHACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROMELIACEAE; CACTACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 58449097320     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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