A stochastic model for landscape patterns of biodiversity

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 462-479

  Prevedello, Jayme A ^a,c   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^b   Metzger, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Geometric constraints; Habitat fragmentation; Island biogeography; Matrix; Mid domain effect; Neutral theory; Null model; Random placement; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; EDGE EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STOCHASTICITY;

BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84987763919     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1223     Document Type: Article

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