Relative importance of water, energy, and heterogeneity in determining regional pteridophyte and seed plant richness in China

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-107

  Chen, Sheng Bin ^a,b,c   Jiang, Gao Ming ^a   Ouyang, Zhi Yun ^c   Xu, Wei Hua ^c   Xiao, Yi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; Pteridophytes; Seed plants; Species richness; Water energy hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79955950875     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2011.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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