Effects of geographical extent on the determinants of woody plant diversity

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1160-1167

  Wang, Zhiheng ^a,b   Rahbek, Carsten ^b   Fang, Jingyun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHINA;

EID: 84874195359     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07786.x     Document Type: Article

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