Patterns of vegetation biodiversity: The roles of dispersal directionality and river network structure

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Muneepeerakul, Rachata ^a   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^a,b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^b,c   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Directionality; Dispersal; Network structure; River network

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION RISK; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

EID: 42749097330     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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