The variation of tree beta diversity across a global network of forest plots

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1191-1202

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a,b   Legendre, Pierre ^b   Valencia, Renato ^c   Cao, Min ^d   Chang, Li Wan ^e   Chuyong, George ^f   Condit, Richard ^g   Hao, Zhanqing ^h   Hsieh, Chang Fu ⁱ   Hubbell, Stephen ^g,j   Kenfack, David ^k   Ma, Keping ^l   Mi, Xiangcheng ^l   Supardi Noor, Md Nur ^m   Kassim, Abdul Rahman ^m   Ren, Haibao ^l   Su, Sheng Hsin ^e   Sun, I Fang ⁿ   Thomas, Duncan ^o   Ye, Wanhui ^p   He, Fangliang ^q,r   more..

^a Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^m FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

ⁿ NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^o OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^q SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community composition; Latitudinal gradient; Spatial variation; Stem mapping forest plots; Tree species richness; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY; TREE;

EID: 84870255191     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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