Linking vertebrate species richness to tree canopy height on a global scale

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 814-825

  Roll, Uri ^a   Geffen, Eli ^b   Yom Tov, Yoram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canopy height; Forest composition; GAM; Global; GWR; LiDAR; NPP; Species richness; Tree height

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOREST CANOPY; LIDAR; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84930380619     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12325     Document Type: Article

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