Legume diversity patterns in West Central Africa: Influence of species biology on distribution models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  de la Estrella, Manuel ^a,b   Mateo, Rubén G ^c,d   Wieringa, Jan J ^e   Mackinder, Barbara ^f   Muñoz, Jesús ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA INDOAMÉRICA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROMONTANE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEGUME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON FLOODED FOREST; NONHUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RIVERINE FOREST; SEASHORE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; BIODIVERSITY; FABACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FABACEAE;

EID: 84864184361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041526     Document Type: Article

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