Global tests of regional effect on species richness of vascular plants and terrestrial vertebrates

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 553-560

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TESTING METHOD; VASCULAR PLANT; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649958273     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05755.x     Document Type: Article

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