Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 478-486

  Butterfield, B J ^a   Cavieres, L A ^b,c   Callaway, R M ^d   Cook, B J ^e   Kikvidze, Z ^f   Lortie, C J ^g   Michalet, R ^a,h   Pugnaire, F I ⁱ   Schob C ⁱ   Xiao, S ^j   Zaitchek, B ^k   Anthelme, F ^l,m   Bjork R G ⁿ   Dickinson, K ^o   Gavilan R ^p   Kanka, R ^q   Maalouf, J P ^h   Noroozi, J ^r   Parajuli, R ^s   Phoenix, G K ^t   Reid, A ^g   Ridenour, W ^u   Rixen, C ^v   Wipf, S ^v   Zhao, L ^w   Brooker, R W ^x   more..

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁱ DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^j LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UMR AMAP   (France)

^m PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^p UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^q INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^s TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WESTERN   (United States)

^v WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^w Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^x SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Community assembly; Competition; Environmental filter; Facilitation; Micro refugia; Phylogenetic diversity; Species pool

Indexed keywords

PHYLO;

EID: 84931749003     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12070     Document Type: Article

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