Partitioning the variation of woody plant β-diversity in a landscape of secondary tropical dry forests across spatial scales

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-45

  Lopez Martinez J O ^a   Hernandez Stefanoni J L ^a   Dupuy, J M ^a   Meave, J A ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Landscape structure; Niche partitioning; Spatial structure of samples; Species turnover; Succession; Tropical dry forests

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; NICHE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOT; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84872379237     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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