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| Title |
Ecology and the ratchet of events: Climate variability, niche dimensions, and species distributions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, November 2009
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.0901644106 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephen T. Jackson, Julio L. Betancourt, Robert K. Booth, Stephen T. Gray |
| Abstract |
Climate change in the coming centuries will be characterized by interannual, decadal, and multidecadal fluctuations superimposed on anthropogenic trends. Predicting ecological and biogeographic responses to these changes constitutes an immense challenge for ecologists. Perspectives from climatic and ecological history indicate that responses will be laden with contingencies, resulting from episodic climatic events interacting with demographic and colonization events. This effect is compounded by the dependency of environmental sensitivity upon life-stage for many species. Climate variables often used in empirical niche models may become decoupled from the proximal variables that directly influence individuals and populations. Greater predictive capacity, and more-fundamental ecological and biogeographic understanding, will come from integration of correlational niche modeling with mechanistic niche modeling, dynamic ecological modeling, targeted experiments, and systematic observations of past and present patterns and dynamics. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 950 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 4% |
| Brazil | 14 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | <1% |
| France | 7 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 5 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| Chile | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Czechia | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 24 | 3% |
| Unknown | 840 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 231 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 222 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 120 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 54 | 6% |
| Professor | 53 | 6% |
| Other | 175 | 18% |
| Unknown | 95 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 446 | 47% |
| Environmental Science | 254 | 27% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 64 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 1% |
| Engineering | 10 | 1% |
| Other | 30 | 3% |
| Unknown | 133 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2012.
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