Factors Underlying the Narrow Distribution of the Mediterranean Annual Plant Arenaria provincialis (Caryophyllaceae)

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-350

  Youssef, Sami ^a   Baumel, Alex ^a   Véla, Errol ^b   Juin, Marianick ^a   Dumas, Estelle ^a   Affre, Laurence ^a   Tatoni, Thierry ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diaspore; Endemism; Niche; Phylogeny; Seed; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; AUTECOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIMESTONE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

FRANCE; PROVENCE;

ARENARIA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE); CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 82155170564     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-011-9101-1     Document Type: Article

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