Phylogenetic diversity and community assembly in a naturally fragmented system
Peterson K, Ruffly M, Parent CE. 2021. Phylogenetic diversity and community assembly in a naturally fragmented system. Ecology and Evolution. 11:18066-18080
Research done in CRMO kipukas to assess effects of fragmentation and quantify the contribution of ecological processes to community assembly by measuring species richness, phylogenetic, and phenotypic diversity of species found in local and regional plant communities. Floristic surveys of vascular plants in 19 kipukas to create a local species list to compare traditional dispersion metrics, mean pairwise distance, and mean nearest taxon distance (MPD and MNTD), to a regional species list with phenotypic and phylogenetic data.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Peterson, Katie; Ruffly, Megan; Parent, Christine
- Units
- CRMO
- Keywords
- biodiversity, community ecology, insular communities, kipuka, phylogenetics, traits, vascular plants