Plant species richness: The world records

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 796-802

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a   Peet, Robert K ^b   Dengler, Jürgen ^d   Pärtel, Meelis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canonical hypothesis; Macroecology; Oligo to mesotrophic grassland; Paradox of the Plankton; Power function; Rooted presence; Scale dependence; Shoot presence; Spatial grain; Spatial scale; Species area relation; Tropical rain forest; World flora

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; MACROECOLOGY; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POWER LAW; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SHOOT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84863525389     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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