The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 716-725

  Pollock, Laura J ^a   Morris, William K ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SOLAR RADIATION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84863227837     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07085.x     Document Type: Article

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