Phylogenetic and functional alpha and beta diversity in temperate and tropical tree communities

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 8 SPEC. ISSUE, 2012, Pages

  Swenson, Nathan G ^a   Erickson, David L ^b   Mi, Xiangcheng ^c   Bourg, Norman A ^d   Forero Montana, Jimena ^e   Ge, Xuejun ^f   Howe, Robert ^g   Lake, Jeffrey K ^a   Liu, Xiaojuan ^c   Ma, Keping ^c   Pei, Nancai ^f,h   Thompson, Jill ^e,i   Uriarte, María ^j   Wolf, Amy ^g   Wright, S Joseph ^k   Ye, Wanhui ^f   Zhang, Jinlong ^c   Zimmerman, Jess K ^e   Kress, W John ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^k SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84865102353     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0402.1     Document Type: Article

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