How does spatial heterogeneity influence resilience to climatic changes? Ecological dynamics in southeast Madagascar

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-574

  Malika, Virah Sawmy ^a   Lindsey, Gillson ^b   Katherine, Jane Willis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Drought; Edaphic; Extinction; Heterogeneity; Madagascar; Noanalogue; Nutrient; Recovery; Refugia; Turnover; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

UAPACA;

EID: 70350223965     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1210.1     Document Type: Article

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