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SUBMITTER: Morueta-Holme N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4068282 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ecology letters 20131003 12
Despite being a fundamental aspect of biodiversity, little is known about what controls species range sizes. This is especially the case for hyperdiverse organisms such as plants. We use the largest botanical data set assembled to date to quantify geographical variation in range size for ~ 85 000 plant species across the New World. We assess prominent hypothesised range-size controls, finding that plant range sizes are codetermined by habitat area and long- and short-term climate stability. Stro ...[more]