Disentangling dispersal from phylogeny in the colonization capacity of forest understorey plants
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Lander Baeten*, T. Jonathan Davies, Kris Verheyen, Hans Van Calster and Mark Vellend Department of Forest and Water Management, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 Gontrode, Belgium; Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Avenue Docteur Penfield, Montreal QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 25, 1070 Brussels, Belgium; and D epartement de Biologie, Universit e de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l’Universit e, Sherbrooke QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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تاریخ انتشار 2014