Niche expansion after competitor extinction? A comparative assessment of habitat generalists and specialists in the tree floras of south-eastern North America and south-eastern Europe

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 840-853

  Manthey, Michael ^a   Fridley, Jason D ^b   Peet, Robert K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Balkans; Beta diversity; Competition; Distance decay; Jaccard similarity; Niche breadth; Species packing; Temperate tree diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES POOL;

APPALACHIANS; BALKANS;

EID: 79954999480     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02450.x     Document Type: Article

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