Geographical, temporal and environmental determinants of bryophyte species richness in the Macaronesian Islands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Aranda, Silvia C ^a,b   Gabriel, Rosalina ^b   Borges, Paulo A V ^b   Santos, Ana M C ^a,b,c   De Azevedo, Eduardo Brito ^b   Patiño, Jairo ^b,d,e   Hortal, Joaquín ^a,c   Lobo, Jorge M ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIVERWORT; MACARONESIAN ISLAND; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENT; HEPATOPHYTA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903897990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101786     Document Type: Article

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