Climate interacts with soil to produce beta diversity in Californian plant communities

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2007-2018

  Fernandez Going, B M ^a   Harrison, S P ^b   Anacker, B L ^b   Safford, H D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Climate gradient; Landscape diversity; Precipitation; Serpentine; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SERPENTINE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; PLANT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; PLANTS; SOIL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884880208     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2011.1     Document Type: Article

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