Drawing ecological inferences from coincident patterns of population- and community-level biodiversity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2890-2901

  Vellend, Mark ^a   Lajoie, Geneviève ^a   Bourret, Audrey ^a   Múrria, Cesc ^a   Kembel, Steven W ^b   Garant, Dany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

community ecology; environmental gradients; functional traits; genetic diversity; population genetics; species diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; PLANTS;

EID: 84902521971     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12756     Document Type: Review

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