How do different dispersal modes shape the species-area relationship? Evidence for between-group coherence in the Macaronesian flora

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-493

  Aranda, Silvia C ^a,b   Gabriel, Rosalina ^b   Borges, Paulo A V ^b   Santos, Ana M C ^a,b,c,d   Hortal, Joaquín ^a,b,c   Baselga, Andrés ^e   Lobo, Jorge M ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Ferns; in situ speciation; Liverworts; Long distance dispersal; Macaronesia; Mosses; Nestedness; Turnover; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

FLORA; NESTEDNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84874673895     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12008     Document Type: Article

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