Plant radiation history affects community assembly: Evidence from the New Zealand alpine

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 558-561

  Lee, William G ^a,b   Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Heenan, Peter B ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Islands; Plant radiations; Priority effects

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RADIATION BALANCE;

MURCHISON MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 84864471528     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1210     Document Type: Article

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