Expanded view of the local-regional richness relationship by incorporating functional richness and time: A large-scale perspective

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 875-885

  Canning Clode, João ^a,b,c   Maloney, Kelly O ^a   McMahon, Sean M ^a,d   Wahl, Martin ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Fouling assemblages; Functional richness; Jackknife estimator; Saturation; Spatial scales; Species richness; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CHILE; ENGLAND; ITALY; JAPAN; PORTUGAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958472690     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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