When do plant radiations influence community assembly? The importance of historical contingency in the race for niche space

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 468-479

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Brandt, Angela J ^b   Smissen, Rob D ^c   Heenan, Peter B ^c   Fukami, Tadashi ^d   Lee, William G ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Climatic gradients; Lineage diversification; Niche occupancy; Niche preemption; Palaeogeography; Plant radiations; Priority effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITIZATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 84931564576     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13362     Document Type: Article

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