Dispersal limitation and environmental structure interact to restrict the occupation of optimal habitat

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 675-686

  Pinto, Sarah M ^a,b   MacDougall, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Environmental specialization; Neutral theory; Niche theory; Plant rarity; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NICHE BREADTH; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARITY; SAVANNA; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIOLACEAE;

ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIOLA;

EID: 77952036806     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652467     Document Type: Article

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