The influence of landscape-scale spatial-environmental structure on the predictability of local community composition

A primary goal in ecology is to understand why localities with similar abiotic environmental conditions often exhibit differences in species composition. Previous work points to the potential importance of historical or regional processes, such as priority effects and dispersal limitation, but the w...

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Main Author: Super, Laura Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35921