Environmental predictors of species richness in forest landscapes: Abiotic factors versus vegetation structure

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1080-1090

  Zellweger, Florian ^a,b   Baltensweiler, Andri ^a   Ginzler, Christian ^a   Roth, Tobias ^c,d,e   Braunisch, Veronika ^f,g   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Bollmann, Kurt ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Hintermann and Weber SA   (Switzerland)

^e Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g Forest Research Institute of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D habitat structure; Airborne laser scanning; Biodiversity; Environmental heterogeneity; European Alps; LiDAR; Richness; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LIDAR; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84958568168     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12696     Document Type: Article

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