Dynamic macroecology and the future for biodiversity

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3149-3159

  Mokany, Karel ^a   Harwood, Thomas D ^a   Williams, Kristen J ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Community; Dissimilarity; Diversity; Metacommunity; Model; Plant; Richness; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MACROECOLOGY; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84865861605     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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