Continental-scale variability in browser diversity is a major driver of diversity patterns in acacias across Africa

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1093-1104

  Greve, Michelle ^a   Lykke, Anne M ^a   Fagg, Christopher W ^b   Bogaert, Jan ^c   Friis, Ib ^d   Marchant, Rob ^e   Marshall, Andrew R ^e,f   Ndayishimiye, Joël ^g   Sandel, Brody S ^a   Sandom, Christopher ^a   Schmidt, Marco ^h,i   Timberlake, Jonathan R ^j   Wieringa, Jan J ^k   Zizka, Georg ^h,i   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f Flamingo Land Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^j ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^k WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Diversity patterns; Herbivory; Plant herbivore interactions; Quaternary climate change; Resource consumer relationships; Savanna species; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LIMPOPO BASIN;

EID: 84865281178     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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