The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 13690-13696

  Violle, Cyrille ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^c,d   Pacala, Stephen W ^e   Enquist, Brian J ^f,g,h   Kattge, Jens ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Thomas W Keating Bioresearch Building   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^j GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOTA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BIOTA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84907284184     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415442111     Document Type: Review

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