Spatial and biological aspects of reserve design
2002 | journal article; research paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Chave, Jerome; Wiegand, Kerstin ; Levin, Simon
- Abstract
- The optimal spatial design of protected reserves requires attention to the biological mechanisms underlying community organization, and sustaining ecosystem services. Identifying the key mechanisms is especially difficult in species-rich ecosystems. We investigate the example of the tropical rainforest, a biome that is under threat of continuing fragmentation, yet which shelters the majority of living species on Earth. Simple dynamic and spatially explicit simulations, which model the dynamics of plant communities, allow us to elucidate the interplay between patterns of fragmentation and seed dispersal mechanisms in maintaining biodiversity.
- Issue Date
- 2002
- Journal
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment
- Organization
- Fakultät für Forstwissenschaften und Waldökologie ; Büsgen-Institut ; Abteilung Ökosystemmodellierung
- ISSN
- 1420-2026
- Language
- English