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Knowledge of species richness is important for establishing priorities in conservation planning and management. Patterns of species richness in four exceptionally species-rich plant communities and correlations between species richness patterns, physical habitat, and historical biogeographic factors are examined here. I conclude that several of the apparently conflicting hypotheses for the maintenance of species richness in plant communities are reconcilable under different ecological circumstances.
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Ashton, P.S. (1992). Species Richness in Plant Communities. In: Fiedler, P.L., Jain, S.K. (eds) Conservation Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6426-9_1
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