A physiological analogy of the niche for projecting the potential distribution of plants

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2132-2145

  Higgins, Steven I ^a   O'Hara, Robert B ^b   Bykova, Olga ^c   Cramer, Michael D ^d   Chuine, Isabelle ^e   Gerstner, Eva Maria ^b   Hickler, Thomas ^a,b   Morin, Xavier ^e,f   Kearney, Michael R ^g   Midgley, Guy F ^h   Scheiter, Simon ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate envelope modelling; European tree species; Indirect statistical methods; Mechanistic niche model; Niche; Physiological model; Species distribution model; Thornley transport resistance

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NICHE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; TREE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869886368     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02752.x     Document Type: Article

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