Phylogenetic diversity, trait diversity and niches: Species assembly of ferns along a tropical elevational gradient

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 394-405

  Kluge, Jürgen ^a,b   Kessler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Costa Rica; Environmental filtering; Ferns; Niche; Phylogenetic diversity; Species assemblage; Trait diversity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIPHYTE; FERN; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAULIO CARRILLO NATIONAL PARK; COSTA RICA;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 78751543424     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02433.x     Document Type: Article

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