Dispersal ability links to cross-scale species diversity patterns across the Eurasian Arctic tundra

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 851-860

  Lenoir, Jonathan ^a   Virtanen, Risto ^b   Oksanen, Jari ^b   Oksanen, Lauri ^c,d   Luoto, Miska ^e   Grytnes, John Arvid ^f   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Diaspores; Dispersal ability; Diversity patterns; Eurasia; Lichens; Local to regional richness; Mosses; Seed plants; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIASPORE; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LICHEN; MOSS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; EURASIA;

BRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 84863521582     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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