Microfragmentation concept explains non-positive environmental heterogeneity-diversity relationships

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-226

  Laanisto, Lauri ^a,b,c   Tamme, Riin ^a   Hiiesalu, Inga ^a   Szava Kovats, Robert ^a   Gazol, Antonio ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Environmental diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Modeling; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84872169878     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2398-5     Document Type: Article

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