Environmental effects on Neotropical liana species richness

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1561-1572

  Van Der Heijden, Geertje M F ^a   Phillips, Oliver L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Liana species richness; Neotropics; Rainfall; Seasonality; Soil; Structural equation modelling; Tree species richness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MONTANE FOREST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 67650960901     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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