How to understand species' niches and range dynamics: a demographic research agenda for biogeography

FM Schurr, J Pagel, JS Cabral… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Range dynamics causes mismatches between a species' geographical distribution and the
set of suitable environments in which population growth is positive (the Hutchinsonian …

Fire as a selective agent for both serotiny and nonserotiny over space and time

BB Lamont, JG Pausas, T He… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Serotiny is the prolonged storage of seeds in closed cones or fruits held within the crown of
woody plants. It is widespread throughout fireprone vegetation with a predominantly winter …

A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species' distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter

C Merow, MJ Smith, JA Silander Jr - Ecography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species distribution and
environmental niche modeling, with over 1000 published applications since 2006. Its …

[图书][B] Applied ethnobotany: people, wild plant use and conservation

AB Cunningham - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations
throughout the world.'ECOS'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts …

Predicting extinction risks under climate change: coupling stochastic population models with dynamic bioclimatic habitat models

DA Keith, HR Akçakaya, W Thuiller… - Biology …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species responses to climate change may be influenced by changes in available habitat, as
well as population processes, species interactions and interactions between demographic …

The evolutionary ecology of sprouting in woody plants

WJ Bond, JJ Midgley - International Journal of Plant …, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Woody plants may be killed by severe disturbance or resprout from vegetative tissue.
Sprouters can persist at a site through several generations of nonsprouters. Differences in …

Assessing the vulnerability of species richness to anthropogenic climate change in a biodiversity hotspot

GF Midgley, L Hannah, D Millar… - Global Ecology and …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare theoretical approaches towards estimating risks of plant species loss to
anthropogenic climate change impacts in a biodiversity hotspot, and to develop a practical …

A conservation plan for a global biodiversity hotspot—the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

RM Cowling, RL Pressey, M Rouget, AT Lombard - Biological conservation, 2003 - Elsevier
We produced a conservation plan that achieved conservation targets for biodiversity pattern
and process in the species-and endemic-rich Cape Floristic Region of South Africa …

Relating plant traits and species distributions along bioclimatic gradients for 88 Leucadendron taxa

W Thuiller, S Lavorel, GUY Midgley, S Lavergne… - Ecology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Convergence between species niches and biological traits was investigated for 88
Leucadendron taxa in the Cape Floristic region. First, niche separation analysis was …

Planning for climate change: identifying minimum‐dispersal corridors for the Cape Proteaceae

P Williams, LEE Hannah, S Andelman… - Conservation …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change poses a challenge to the conventional approach to biodiversity
conservation, which relies on fixed protected areas, because the changing climate is …