title: Spatial scale and the determinants of plant species richness.
abstract: Traditional ecological theory has stressed the importance of competitive interactions in regulating species richness. Recent research has transcended this viewpoint by considering the role of stochastic processes, mosaic phenomena and nonequilibrium conditions in the regulation of richness. This growing body of work indicates that the determinants of plant species richness may vary predictably over different spatial scales.
authors.affiliation: Michael Auerbach is at the Dept of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA.
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authors.lastname: Shmida