Ultramafic soils and species sorting in the flora of New Caledonia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1108-1116

  Pillon, Yohan ^a,b,c   Munzinger, Jérôme ^a   Amir, Hamid ^b   Lebrun, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Island biogeography; Phylogenetic clustering; Phylogenetic community structure; Phylogenetic niche conservatism; Serpentine; Species selection

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; FLORISTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; NICKEL; PHYLOGENETICS; SELECTION; SERPENTINE; SOIL TYPE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

CELASTRALES; MALPIGHIALES; OXALIDALES;

EID: 77955456871     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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