Variation in habitat suitability does not always relate to variation in species' plant functional traits

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-123

  Thuiller, Wilfried ^a   Albert, Cécile H ^a   Dubuis, Anne ^b   Randin, Christophe ^b   Guisan, Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Information theory; Intraspecific variability; Mixed models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NICHE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIGOR;

EID: 77449137350     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0669     Document Type: Article

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