Local richness along gradients in the Siskiyou herb flora: R. H. Whittaker revisited

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-120

  Grace, James B ^a   Harrison, Susan ^b   Damschen, Ellen I ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Community size; Diversity; Elevation; Gradient; Klamath Siskiyou; Local species richness; Opography; R. H. Whittaker; Regional species richness; Serpentine; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTIC FACTOR; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HERB; MONTANE FOREST; SERPENTINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; SOIL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ECOSYSTEM; OREGON; PLANTS; SOIL; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; KLAMATH-SISKIYOU; OREGON; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955528995     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2137.1     Document Type: Article

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