Elevational patterns in the vascular flora of a highly diverse region in southern Mexico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1209-1220

  Salas Morales, Silvia H ^a,b   Meave, Jorge A ^b  

^a Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Area effect; Environmental limitation hypothesis; Habitat heterogeneity; Oaxaca

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84863104259     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0077-6     Document Type: Article

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