Patterns of range size in New Zealand ferns and lycophytes

2018/01/01 by Catherine Frances Mountier, Bradley S. Case, Leon R. Perrie +4 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Fern and Epiphyte Biology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant and animal studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.20417/nzjecol.42.22

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Abstract

We describe spatial patterns in the geographic ranges of all New Zealand ferns and lycophytes, test if range sizes are correlated with phylogeny, and identify ecological characteristics related to their range sizes. Herbarium records for all species of fern and lycophyte in New Zealand were used to generate distribution maps and estimate range sizes by summing the area of occupied ecological districts.

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