Are Alaskan Trees Found in Locally More Favourable Sites in Marginal Areas?

Aim: Species generally become rarer and more patchily distributed as the margins of their ranges are approached. We predicted that in such marginal sites, tree species would tend to occur where some key environmental factors are at particularly favourable levels, compensating in part for the low ove...

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Veröffentlicht in:Global Ecology and Biogeography. - John Wiley & Sons Ltd. - 11(2002), 2, Seite 103-114
1. Verfasser: Lennon, Jack J. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kunin, William E., Corne, Simon, Carver, Steve
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2002
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Global Ecology and Biogeography
Schlagworte:Core Forest Habitat Selection Macroecology Range Margin Species Distributions Tree Distributions Physical sciences Biological sciences Behavioral sciences