Phylogenetic relatedness within Neotropical fern communities increases with soil fertility

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 695-705

  Lehtonen, Samuli ^a   Jones, Mirkka M ^a,b   Zuquim, Gabriela ^a   Prado, Jefferson ^c   Tuomisto, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community phylogenetics; Edaphic variation; Niche conservatism; Phylogenetic overdispersion; Phylogenetic underdispersion; Precipitation; Pteridophyta

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERN; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; RELATEDNESS; SOIL FERTILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 84929031988     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12294     Document Type: Article

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