Higher Plant Biogeography of Islands in Lake Nipigon, Ontario |
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animal appear Appendix assumed assumption average bedrock Betula birds borne propagules Canada caribou classes Connor correlated decrease Dept determining differences distance dominant Ecology effect equilibrium establishment exposures factor Figure forest frequency given greater habitat higher plant species immigration rates increase independent variables indicate inversely island area island species number islands and mainland islands in Lake isolation Kelvin Lake Nipigon land large islands larger less limit MacArthur and Wilson mainland sites mesic method Mines moisture type moss Name Natural Nipigon Island Biogeography NUMBER OF SPECIES observed Ontario Picea populations Power present Preston Probable Dispersal propagule density proportional quadrant range regressed relation relationship require Resources result River sample sites seeds Significant Simberloff similar slope small islands soil species on Lake stepping stone suggests t-test Table topography topography type University varies vegetation wet-mesic wind Zoltai