The phylogenetics of succession can guide restoration: An example from abandoned mine sites in the subarctic

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1509-1517

  Shooner, Stephanie ^a,b   Chisholm, Chelsea ^a,c   Davies, T Jonathan ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Community assembly; Net relatedness index; Null models; Phylogenetic beta diversity; Phylogenetic diversity; Species pool; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBARCTIC REGION; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84952636980     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12517     Document Type: Article

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