The role of spatial scale and the perception of largescale speciesrichness patterns

C Rahbek - Ecology letters, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… patterns and mechanisms were scale invariant. Illustrated … of species richness (n = 204),
this review discusses how scale … For example, a hump-shaped altitudinal species-richness

Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

RJ Whittaker, KJ Willis, R Field - Journal of biogeography, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… and terminology in relation to scale of applicability. As a … in species richness as a main
theme and evaluate the extent to which commonly cited theories are likely to operate at scales

Species richness change across spatial scales

JM Chase, BJ McGill, PL Thompson, LH Antão… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… is largely unchanged through time, while larger scale richness … where species richness was
again largely unchanged through time at small scales, but was more positive at larger scales

The combined effects of scale and productivity on species richness

E Weiher - Journal of Ecology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… 5 The slopes (z) and constants (c) of the species–area curves were … species richness at 1
m 2 and z strongly affects larger-scale richness, the results suggest that small-scale richness is …

[PDF][PDF] Species richness: small scale

RL Brown, LA Jacobs, RK Peet - Els, 2007 - labs.bio.unc.edu
rich at larger scales. This is because the processes that determine richness are likely to
change with scale. For … Note that at larger scales, exotic species richness is generally used as a …

Energy and large-scale patterns of animal-and plant-species richness

DJ Currie - The American Naturalist, 1991 - journals.uchicago.edu
… in species richness on the continental scale. Although in principle many factors may affect
species richness, it … of the environment and species richness. Even though correlations do not …

Largescale speciesrichness gradients in the Atlantic Ocean

E Macpherson - Proceedings of the Royal Society of …, 2002 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… between species richness and different … species richness on a large spatial scale. Sea-surface
temperature (positive relationship) is the best predictor of this pattern for benthic species, …

Species richness, latitude, and scale‐sensitivity

SK Lyons, MR Willig - Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
… of scale-dependence. In our model, ln C represents area-controlled and scale-independent
variation in species richness; it is … Consequently, larger scale patterns (ie, those derived from …

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

Y Huang, Y Chen, N Castro-Izaguirre, M Baruffol… - Science, 2018 - science.org
large-scale experiments. We manipulated tree species richness by planting more than
150,000 trees in plots with 1 to 16 species. Simulating multiple extinction scenarios, we found that …

Cross‐scale variation in species richness–environment associations

J Belmaker, W Jetz - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… of the environment–richness association derived at broad scales. The … environmental conditions
constrain species richness will differ … We find that amphibians display elevated richness–…