Disturbance and distributions: avoiding exclusion in a warming world
I highlight how disturbance determines species distributions and the implications for conservation practice. In particular, I describe opportunities to mitigate some of the threats to species resulting from climate change. Ecological theory shows that disturbance processes can often slow or prevent...
Main Author: | Douglas Sheil |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2016-03-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss1/art10/ |
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