Geographical ecology of the palms (Arecaceae): determinants of diversity and distributions across spatial scales

WL Eiserhardt, JC Svenning, WD Kissling… - Annals of …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Background The palm family occurs in all tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
Palms are of high ecological and economical importance, and display complex spatial …

SONAR enables cell type deconvolution with spatially weighted Poisson-Gamma model for spatial transcriptomics

Z Liu, D Wu, W Zhai, L Ma - Nature Communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Recent advancements in spatial transcriptomic technologies have enabled the
measurement of whole transcriptome profiles with preserved spatial context. However …

On opportunities and challenges to conserve the African baobab under present and future climates in Benin (West Africa)

D Assogba, R Idohou, P Chirwa… - Journal of Arid …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
African baobab (Adansonia digitata) is an agroforestry species used by local people for
many purposes such as food, medicine, craft, etc. It is uncertain how climate change will …

Assessing biodiversity from space: Impact of spatial and spectral resolution on trait-based functional diversity

IS Helfenstein, FD Schneider, ME Schaepman… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Observing functional diversity continuously in time and space using satellite imagery forms
the basis for studying impact, interactions, and feedback of environmental change …

Determinants of palm species distributions across Africa: the relative roles of climate, non‐climatic environmental factors, and spatial constraints

A Blach‐Overgaard, JC Svenning, J Dransfield… - …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Most of the Earth's biodiversity resides in the tropics. However, a comprehensive
understanding of which factors control range limits of tropical species is still lacking. Climate …

Climate, history and neutrality as drivers of mammal beta diversity in Europe: insights from multiscale deconstruction

JC Svenning, C Fløjgaard… - Journal of Animal …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Environmental sorting, historical factors and neutral dynamics may all drive beta diversity
(change in species composition across space), but their relative importance remains …

Spatial eigenfunction analyses in stream networks: do watercourse and overland distances produce different results?

VL Landeiro, WE Magnusson, AS Melo… - Freshwater …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The use of spatial variables is a common procedure in ecological studies. The technique is
based on the definition of a connectivity/distance matrix that conceptually defines the …

Distance decay of similarity in neotropical diatom communities

CE Wetzel, DC Bicudo, L Ector, EA Lobo, J Soininen… - 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The regression of similarity against distance unites several ecological
phenomena, and thus provides a highly useful approach for illustrating the spatial turnover …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of tourism ecological security and its driving mechanism in the Yellow River Basin, China: Based on open systems theory and DPSIR model

X He, C Cai, J Shi - Systems, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Tourism ecological security (TES) has gradually become a frontier topic because it is related
to the virtuous circle of ecosystems and sustainable development, especially in river basins …

Contrasting patterns and mechanisms of spatial turnover for native and exotic freshwater fish in Europe

F Leprieur, JD Olden, S Lek… - Journal of Biogeography, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim We compare the distribution patterns of native and exotic freshwater fish in Europe, and
test whether the same mechanisms (environmental filtering and/or dispersal limitation) …