Towards novel approaches to modelling biotic interactions in multispecies assemblages at large spatial extents

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2163-2178

  Kissling, W D ^a   Dormann, Carsten F ^b,c   Groeneveld, Jürgen ^c,d   Hickler, Thomas ^e   Kühn, Ingolf ^c   Mcinerny, Greg J ^f   Montoya, José M ^g   Römermann, Christine ^h,i   Schiffers, Katja ^j   Schurr, Frank M ^h,k   Singer, Alexander ^c   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^l   O'Hara, Robert B ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^f MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^l SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Community ecology; Ecological networks; Global change; Guild assembly; Multidimensional complexity; Niche theory; Prediction; Species distribution model; Species interactions; Trait based community modules

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUILD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84861511297     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02663.x     Document Type: Article

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