Structured beta diversity increases with climatic productivity in a classic dataset

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Harrison, Susan ^a   Vellend, Mark ^b   Damschen, Ellen I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Dissimilarity; Elevation; Floristic diversity; Gradient; Klamath Siskiyou; Plant; R H Whittaker; Serpentine; Species richness; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858290181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00095.1     Document Type: Article

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