Changes in community phylogenetic structure in a North American forest chronosequence

Abstract Several studies of succession in tropical and subtropical climates include phylogenetic analyses of the plant communities; the majority of these studies find a shift from more closely related to less closely related assemblages over succession. It has been suggested that this pattern indica...

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Main Authors: Abigail I. Pastore, Brendan P. Scherer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-12-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1592