Large-scale patterns of tree species richness and the metabolic theory of ecology

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 508-512

  Fang, Jingyun ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a,c   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Brown, James H ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eastern Asia; Metabolic theory of ecology; North America; Temperature; Tree species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858082231     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00688.x     Document Type: Letter

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