Latitudinal patterns and regionalization of plant diversity along a 4270-km gradient in continental Chile

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 500-509

  Bannister, Jan R ^a   Vidal, Osvaldo J ^a   Teneb, Ernesto ^b   Sandoval, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biogeography; Chilean flora; Macroecology; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGIONALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHILE;

ANIMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861479564     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02312.x     Document Type: Article

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