The effects of dispersal limitation and topographic heterogeneity on beta diversity and phylobetadiversity in a subtropical forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-256

  Bin, Yue ^a,b   Wang, Zhigao ^c   Wang, Zhangming ^a   Ye, Wanhui ^a   Cao, Honglin ^a   Lian, Juyu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ANQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Dispersal limitation; Niche; Partial Mantel test; Phylobetadiversity; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; FRUIT; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

EID: 77954242574     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9708-y     Document Type: Article

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