The relationships between abundance, range size and niche breadth in Central European tree species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 854-864

  Köckemann, Benjamin ^a,b   Buschmann, Holger ^a,b   Leuschner, Christoph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Virtual Institute Macroecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution range; Eurasia; Macroecology; Realized niche breadth; Soil chemistry; Soil moisture; Temperature; Tree species abundance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RANGE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 64649084571     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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