Predictions and retrodictions of the hierarchical representation of habitat in heterogeneous environments

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 245, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-207

  Kolasa, Jurek ^a   Allen, Craig R ^b   Sendzimir, Jan ^c   Stow, Craig A ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Comparative population variability; Discontinuities in ecological traits; Hierarchical habitat structure; Predictions; Species abundance

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; HABITAT STRUCTURES; POPULATION VARIABILITY; SPECIES ABUNDANCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; FORECASTING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION;

EID: 84866031567     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.030     Document Type: Article

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