Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 656-661

  Alexander, Jake M ^a   Kueffer, Christoph ^a,b   Daehler, Curtis C ^b   Edwards, Peter J ^a   Pauchard, Aníbal ^c   Seipel, Tim ^a   Arévalo, José ^d   Cavieres, Lohengrin ^d   Dietz, Hansjoerg ^d   Jakobs, Gabi ^d   McDougall, Keith ^d   Naylor, Bridgett ^d   Otto, Rüdiger ^d   Parks, Catherine G ^d   Rew, Lisa ^d   Walsh, Neville ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Dispersal; Invasibility; Nestedness; Rapoport effect

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLORA; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALTITUDE; CHILE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MONTANA; OREGON; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79551654687     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013136108     Document Type: Article

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