Long-term ecological dynamics: Reciprocal insights from natural and anthropogenic gradients

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1577, 2005, Pages 2105-2115

  Fukami, Tadashi ^a,b   Wardle, David A ^a,c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Climate change; Ecological restoration; Gradient analysis; Space for time substitution

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOGENIC GRADIENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAND ABANDONMENT; LAND USE; MODEL; NATURAL GRADIENT; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPACE FOR TIME SUBSTITUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES INVASION; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TIME;

EID: 26944474757     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3277     Document Type: Review

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