The impact of sterile populations on the perception of elevational richness patterns in ferns

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-131

  Kessler, Michael ^a   Hofmann, Sandra ^b   Krömer, Thorsten ^c   Cicuzza, Daniele ^a   Kluge, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ELEVATION; FERN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STERILITY;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 79952368961     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06371.x     Document Type: Article

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