Local coexistence of tree species and the dynamics of global distribution pattern along an environmental gradient: A simulation study

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Takenaka, Akio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental gradient; Forest; Simulation; Species coexistence; Temporal fluctuation in reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 20744440353     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0045-x     Document Type: Article

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