Unequal Contribution of Widespread and Narrow-Ranged Species to Botanical Diversity Patterns.

In conservation studies, solely widespread species are often used as indicators of diversity patterns, but narrow-ranged species can show different patterns. Here, we assess how well subsets of narrow-ranged, widespread or randomly selected plant species represent patterns of species richness and we...

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Main Authors: André S J van Proosdij, Niels Raes, Jan J Wieringa, Marc S M Sosef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5199077?pdf=render