Dispersal, edaphic fidelity and speciation in species-rich Western Australian shrublands: Evaluating a neutral model of biodiversity

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1349-1362

  Perry, G L W ^a   Enright, N J ^b   Miller, B P ^d,e   Lamont, B B ^c   Etienne, R S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; FYNBOS; LONGEVITY; METAPOPULATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHRUBLAND; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69549084773     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17096.x     Document Type: Article

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