Assessing how environmental changes affect the distribution and dynamics of vegetation
and animal populations is becoming increasingly important for terrestrial ecologists to …

▪ Abstract The latitudinal gradient of decreasing richness from tropical to extratropical areas
is ecology's longest recognized pattern. Nonetheless, notable exceptions to the general …

Temporal environmental fluctuations, such as seasonality, exert strong controls on
biodiversity. While the effects of seasonality are well known, the predictability of fluctuations …

There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and
conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference …

Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

It is often claimed that we do not understand the forces driving the global diversity gradient.
However, an extensive literature suggests that contemporary climate constrains terrestrial …

Broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness is strongly correlated with climate. Many
mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain these patterns; however, testable …

Most studies examining continental-to-global patterns of species richness rely on the
overlaying of extent-of-occurrence range maps. Because a species does not occur at all …

Satellite-derived NDVI time series are fundamental to the remote sensing of vegetation
phenology, but their application is hindered by prevalent noise resulting chiefly from varying …

Aim Physiology is emerging as a basis for understanding the distribution and diversity of
organisms, and ultimately for predicting their responses to climate change. Here we review …