Vascular plant species richness along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients: A contribution from New Zealand temperate rainforests

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 262-266

  Ohlemüller, Ralf ^a   Bastow Wilson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forest; Gradient; New Zealand; Species richness; Temperate; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VASCULAR PLANT;

NEW ZEALAND;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 6744224412     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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