Spatial Congruence or Mismatch Between Phylogenetic and Functional Structure of Seed Plants Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient: Different Traits Have Different Patterns

Spatial Congruence or Mismatch Between Phylogenetic and Functional Structure of Seed Plants Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient: Different Traits Have Different Patterns

Compared to species richness, few studies have investigated the patterns and relationship of phylogenetic and functional structures along elevational gradients. Here, we used the general additive models to determine the trends of taxonomic diversity (species richness, SR), phylogenetic and functiona...

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Main Authors: Yadong Zhou, Shengwei Wang, Antony W. Njogu, Anne C. Ochola, Biyansa H. Boru, Geoffrey Mwachala, Guangwan Hu, Qingfeng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
tropical Africa
Mount Kenya
plant diversity
convergent
conservatism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00100/full

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