Predicting alpha diversity of African rain forests: Models based on climate and satellite-derived data do not perform better than a purely spatial model

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1164-1176

  Parmentier, Ingrid ^a   Harrigan, Ryan J ^b   Buermann, Wolfgang ^b   Mitchard, Edward T A ^c   Saatchi, Sassan ^b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^d   Bongers, Frans ^e   Hawthorne, William D ^d   Leal, Miguel E ^f   Lewis, Simon L ^g   Nusbaumer, Louis ^h   Sheil, Douglas ^i,j   Sosef, Marc S M ^e   Affum Baffoe, Kofi ^k   Bakayoko, Adama ^l   Chuyong, George B ^m   Chatelain, Cyrille ^h   Comiskey, James A ⁿ   Dauby, Gilles ^a   Doucet, Jean Louis ^o   Fauset, Sophie ^g   Gautier, Laurent ^h   Gillet, Jean François ^o   Kenfack, David ^p   Kouamé, François N ^q   Kouassi, Edouard K ^q   Kouka, Lazare A ^r   Parren, Marc P E ^s   Peh, Kelvin S H ^g   Reitsma, Jan M ^t   Senterre, Bruno ^a   Sonké, Bonaventure ^u   Sunderland, Terry C H ^j   Swaine, Mike D ^v   Tchouto, Mbatchou G P ^w   Thomas, Duncan ^x   Van Valkenburg, Johan L C H ^e   Hardy, Olivier J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

ⁱ Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation ITFC   (Uganda)

^j CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^k Forestry Commission of Ghana   (Ghana)

^l CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

ⁿ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^p HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^r Institut Notre Dame   (Belgium)

^s Tropenbos International Congo Basin Programme   (Cameroon)

^t Bureau Waardenburg   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^w Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forets   (Cameroon)

^x OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

African rain forests; Biodiversity; Climate; Kriging; Map; Modelling; Ordinary least squares; Random forest; Spatial autocorrelation; Tree alpha diversity

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE MODELING; FOREST INVENTORY; KRIGING; MODIS; NDVI; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79955876607     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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