The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 798-808

  Swenson, Nathan G ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^b,c,d   Pither, Jason ^e   Kerkhoff, Andrew J ^f   Boyle, Brad ^b   Weiser, Michael D ^g   Elser, James J ^h   Fagan, William F ⁱ   Forero Montaña, Jimena ^j   Fyllas, Nikolaos ^k   Kraft, Nathan J B ^l   Lake, Jeffrey K ^a   Moles, Angela T ^m   Patiño, Sandra ⁿ   Phillips, Oliver L ^k   Price, Charles A ^o   Reich, Peter B ^p   Quesada, Carlos A ^k   Stegen, James C ^b   Valencia, Renato ^q   Wright, Ian J ^r   Wright, S Joseph ^s   Andelman, Sandy ^c   Jørgensen, Peter M ^t   Lacher, Thomas E ^u   Monteagudo, Abel ^t   Núñez Vargas, M Percy ^v   Vasquez Martínez, Rodolfo ^t   Nolting, Kristen M ^a   more..

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ University of Maryland   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁿ Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Amazonia   (Colombia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^q PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^r MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^s SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^t MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^u TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

more..

Author keywords

Biogeography; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Latitudinal gradient; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATABASE; DIVERSITY INDEX; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84863776770     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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