Hierarchical analysis of species distributions and abundance across environmental gradients

Jeffery Diez; Ronald H. Pulliam

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Hierarchical analysis of species distributions and abundance across environmental gradients

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jeffery Diez, Ronald H. Pulliam

Year:

2007

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Ecology, 88(12), 2007, pp. 3144?3152

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Abstract

Abiotic and biotic processes operate at multiple spatial and temporal scales to shape many ecological processes, including species distributions and demography. Current debate about the relative roles of niche-based and stochastic processes in shaping species distributions and community composition reflects, in part, the challenge of understanding how these processes interact across scales.

Keywords

conditional autoregressive models, environmental gradients, Goodyera pubescens, hierarchical Bayesian framework, niche, Orchidaceae, spatial scale, species distributions, Tipularia discolor

Citation

Diez, Jeffery; Pulliam, Ronald H. 2007. Hierarchical analysis of species distributions and abundance across environmental gradients. Ecology, 88(12), 2007, pp. 3144?3152