Detecting general plant functional type responses in fragmented landscapes using spatially-explicit simulations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-300

  Körner, Katrin ^a   Jeltsch, Florian ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

CSR concept; Dispersal; Disturbances; Dynamic landscape; Fractals; Landscape change; Plant functional groups; Plant strategic types; Regional ensembles; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CSR CONCEPTS; DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLANT STRATEGIC TYPES; REGIONAL ENSEMBLES;

ECOLOGY;

DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 36148971628     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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