Three explanations for biodiversity hotspots: Small range size, geographical overlap and time for species accumulation. An Australian case study

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 390-400

  Cook, Lyn G ^a   Hardy, Nate B ^b   Crisp, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Geographical range; Niche limitation; Range overlap; Southwest Australia Floristic Region; Time for species accumulation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN KINGDOM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOT SPOT; LEGUME; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RANGE SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

BOSSIAEA; DAVIESIA; FABACEAE;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84931300051     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13199     Document Type: Article

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