The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia
Summary Many plant traits are not randomly distributed among families. The question considered here is ‘are rarity and commonness of vascular plants in Fennoscandia randomly distributed among families?’ If more rare or more common species are found within a family, this may give some initial indicat...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00049.x 2024-06-02T08:06:27+00:00 The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH Grytnes, John Arvid Birks, H. J. B. Peglar, Sylvia M. 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00049.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1472-4642.1999.00049.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00049.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Diversity and Distributions volume 5, issue 5, page 177-186 ISSN 1366-9516 1472-4642 journal-article 1999 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00049.x 2024-05-03T11:43:35Z Summary Many plant traits are not randomly distributed among families. The question considered here is ‘are rarity and commonness of vascular plants in Fennoscandia randomly distributed among families?’ If more rare or more common species are found within a family, this may give some initial indications about which traits may predict rarity and commonness of species. A species was defined as rare or common based on its abundance and on the number of grid squares it occupies. 1521 naturally occurring species in 229 75×75 km grid squares were used. Permutation tests were performed to assess statistically if rarity and commonness are randomly distributed among families. Several families can be identified as having more rare or more common species than would be expected under a random allocation model. However, there are little deviations from what would be expected if rarity and commonness were randomly distributed among families in the whole Fennoscandian flora. It is proposed that the arbitrary geographical limits of the study area may account for the lack of any clear patterns of rarity and commonness among and between families. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Fennoscandian Wiley Online Library Diversity <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Distributions 5 5 177 186 |
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Summary Many plant traits are not randomly distributed among families. The question considered here is ‘are rarity and commonness of vascular plants in Fennoscandia randomly distributed among families?’ If more rare or more common species are found within a family, this may give some initial indications about which traits may predict rarity and commonness of species. A species was defined as rare or common based on its abundance and on the number of grid squares it occupies. 1521 naturally occurring species in 229 75×75 km grid squares were used. Permutation tests were performed to assess statistically if rarity and commonness are randomly distributed among families. Several families can be identified as having more rare or more common species than would be expected under a random allocation model. However, there are little deviations from what would be expected if rarity and commonness were randomly distributed among families in the whole Fennoscandian flora. It is proposed that the arbitrary geographical limits of the study area may account for the lack of any clear patterns of rarity and commonness among and between families. |
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Grytnes, John Arvid Birks, H. J. B. Peglar, Sylvia M. The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia |
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Grytnes, John Arvid Birks, H. J. B. Peglar, Sylvia M. |
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The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia |
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The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia |
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The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia |
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The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia |
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The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia |
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taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of fennoscandia |
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