Beta diversity in relation to dispersal ability for vascular plants in North America

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-332

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Ferns; Latitudinal gradients; North America; Pteridophytes; Seed plants; Similarity; Simpson index; Species turnover; Sperm atophytes

Indexed keywords

FERN; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 64649099300     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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