Maintenance of tree phylogenetic diversity in a highly fragmented rain forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 702-711

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^b   Escobar, Federico ^c   Melo, Felipe P L ^d   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^d   Santos, Bráulio A ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evolutionary diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico; Relatedness; Taxonomy; Trait conservatism

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; EXTINCTION; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84859733317     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01952.x     Document Type: Article

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