Using taxonomic and phylogenetic evenness to compare diversification in two Island Floras

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-106

  Domínguez Lozano, Felipe ^a   Price, Jonathan ^b   Otto, Rüdiger ^c   Fernández Palacios, Jose María ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Gini coefficient; Hawaii; Island biogeography; Phylogenetic structure; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

CANARY ISLANDS; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950020711     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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