Environmental heterogeneity, species diversity and co-existence at different spatial scales

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 796-801

  Tamme, Riin ^a   Hiiesalu, Inga ^a   Laanisto, Lauri ^a,b,c   Szava Kovats, Robert ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Grain; Meta analysis; Niche limitation; Small and large scale; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; PATCHINESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 77954329653     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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