Thuiller Q&A
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with other factors affecting biodiversity? Very — but it tends to act over a longer time scale. The ecological disruption wrought by climate change is generally slower than that caused by other factors. Such factors include habitat destruction through changes in land use; pollution, for example by nitrogen deposition; the invasion of ecosystems by non-native plant and animal species (biotic exchange); and the biological consequences of increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (Fig. 1, overleaf). In the shortto-medium term, human-induced fragmentation of natural habitat and invasive species are particular threats to biodiversity. But looking 50 years into the future and beyond, the effects of climate are likely to become increasingly prominent relative to the other factors.
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From diversity indices to community assembly processes: a test with simulated data
T. Münkemüller ([email protected]), F. de Bello, S. Lavergne and W. Thuiller, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Univ. Joseph Fourier, BP 53, FR-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. Present address of FDB: Inst. of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-379 82 Třeboň, Czech Republic. – C. N. Meynard, INRA, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), Campus internation...
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تاریخ انتشار 2007