Phylogenetic structure of plant species pools reflects habitat age on the geological time scale

• Authors: LOSOSOVÁ Zdeňka; ŠMARDA Petr; CHYTRÝ Milan; PURSCHKE Oliver; PYŠEK Petr; SÁDLO Jiří; TICHÝ Lubomír; WINTER Marten
• Year of publication: 2015
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Vegetation Science
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• web: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.12308/abstract
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12308
• Field: Botany
• Keywords: Central Europe; environmental filtering; evolution; phylogenetic diversity; plant community; species pool; vegetation type
• Description: Patterns of phylogenetic relatedness of species within community types (phylogenetic structure; PS) are often used to infer processes of community assembly, yet the causes of these patterns remain poorly understood. Here we ask whether PS of extant plant species pools is related to availability of correspoding habitats in the geological history.

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