Phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion for alpine plants along elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwest China

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 280-288

  Li, Xin Hui ^a,b   Zhu, Xin Xin ^a,b   Niu, Yang ^a   Sun, Hang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

alpine plants; environment filtering; Hengduan Mountains Region; interspecific competition; phylogenetic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897446589     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12027     Document Type: Article

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