Contribution of environmental filtering and dispersal limitation to species turnover of temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests in China

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-42

  Liu, Yining ^a   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Beta diversity; Dispersal limitation; Distance decay; Environmental divergence; Geographic distance; Niche differentiation; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913601926     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12101     Document Type: Article

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