Bryophyte diversity and range size distribution along two altitudinal gradients: Continent vs. island

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-65

  Ah Peng, Claudine ^a,b   Wilding, Nicholas ^a   Kluge, Juergen ^c   Descamps Julien, Blandine ^d   Bardat, Jacques ^e   Chuah Petiot, Min ^f   Strasberg, Dominique ^b   Hedderson, Terry A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Bryophytes; Mascarenes; Mid domain effect; Nevado del Ruiz; Non equilibrium communities; Piton des Neiges; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BRYOPHYTE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; EPIPHYTE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VOLCANO;

COLOMBIA; MASCARENE ISLANDS; PITON DES NEIGES; REUNION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84863186705     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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