The patterns and processes within plant communities that underlie the fundamental mechanisms regulating and maintaining biological diversity are reviewed and evaluated. In particular, we focus on general processes or "rules" influencing the evolution of diversity within the framework of ecological communities. We do so by comparing ecological theory with patterns observed in the fossil record and in contemporary communities.
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Enquist, B. J., Tiffney, B. H., Haskell, J., & Niklas, K. J. (2001). Plant Communities, Evolution of. In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition (pp. 65–75). Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00201-X
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