Niches and noise-Disentangling habitat diversity and area effect on species diversity

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-319

  Steinmann, K ^a   Eggenberg, S ^b   Wohlgemuth, T ^a   Linder, H P ^c   Zimmermann, N E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Atelier für Naturschutz und Umweltfragen UNA AG   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; Sample rarefaction curve; Scale; Species area effect; Species richness

Indexed keywords

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EID: 80955135035     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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