Environmental causes for plant biodiversity gradients

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1450, 2004, Pages 1645-1656

  Davies, T Jonathan ^a,b,c   Barraclough, Timothy G ^a,b   Savolainen, Vincent ^b   Chase, Mark W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Biological traits; Environmental energy; Evolutionary rates; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

IRIDACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 8144220059     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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