Community phylogenetics at the biogeographical scale: Cold tolerance, niche conservatism and the structure of North American forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-38

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Rueda, Marta ^a   Rangel, Thiago F ^b   Field, Richard ^c   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest phylogenetics; National Forest Inventory; Niche conservatism; North America; Phylogenetic signal representation; Random forests; Trait evolution; Tree communities; Tropical conservatism hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD TOLERANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; STAND STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84890314292     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12171     Document Type: Article

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