The question of which factors limit the occurrence of a plant species to a particular site is addressed by considering 53 cases in which the distribution of pines (Pinus species; Pinaceae) has changed ...

1. Imperfect detection can seriously bias conventional estimators of species distributions and species richness. Plant traits, survey-specific conditions and site-specific characteristics may ...

AN important series of studies on the hydrogen ion concentration of the soil and its relation to plant distribution has been published by Carsten Olsen (Compt. rend. Lab. Carlsberg, xv., 1923). These ...

IN the course of work on the geography of the Angiosperms, I have been impressed by the absence of any satisfactory theoretical explanation of the more general features in the distribution of these ...

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have ...