Determinants of palm species distributions across Africa: The relative roles of climate, non-climatic environmental factors, and spatial constraints

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 380-391

  Blach Overgaard, Anne ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Dransfield, John ^b   Greve, Michelle ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; REFUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

ARECACEAE;

EID: 78650476805     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06273.x     Document Type: Article

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