Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: A meta-analysis of 11 cities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-519

  Duncan, Richard P ^a   Clemants, Steven E ^b   Corlett, Richard T ^c   Hahs, Amy K ^d,e   Mccarthy, Michael A ^e   Mcdonnell, Mark J ^d,e   Schwartz, Mark W ^f   Thompson, Ken ^g   Vesk, Peter A ^e   Williams, Nicholas S G ^d,e  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Extinction; Global change; Meta analysis; Plant traits; Species persistence; Trait selection; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT SELECTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; META-ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; PLANT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADELAIDE; AUCKLAND; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; CHINA; HONG KONG; ILLINOIS; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MASSACHUSETTS; MELBOURNE; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SAN DIEGO; SAN FRANCISCO; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORCESTER [MASSACHUSETTS];

EID: 79958180083     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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