Understanding large‐scale distribution shifts is vital to predict species responses to changes
in the environment. Such shifts occur as a consequence of habitat distribution, dispersal …

Aim Many studies have forecasted the possible impact of climate change on plant
distributions using models based on ecological niche theory, but most of them have ignored …

The composition of communities of sessile organisms, and the change in species diversity
with time, is a spatially explicit phenomenon. Three spatial factors clearly affect diversity:(1) …

Climate change presents a potentially severe threat to biodiversity. Species will be required
to disperse rapidly through fragmented landscapes in order to keep pace with the changing …

Despite a long tradition in plant ecology of studies of patch dynamics, recent developments
of models for large scale dynamics in source-sink and metapopulations have largely …

If we look at plant cover at a certain site, we can observe that it is made up of a number of
species of different size and form, conferring a certain structure to the vegetation cover. If we …

Understanding the ability of plants to spread is important for assessing conservation
strategies, landscape dynamics, invasiveness and ability to cope with climate change. While …

In the next century, global climate change is predicted to have large influences on species'
distributions. Much of the research in this area has focused on predicting the areas where …

Synthesis Prediction and management of species responses to climate change is an urgent
but relatively young research field. Therefore, climate change ecology must by necessity …

Changes in the global environment are modifying the geographical locations of habitats
suitable for plant growth. The capacity of plants to migrate to sites of suitable environmental …