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| Title |
To what extent does Tobler's 1st law of geography apply to macroecology? A case study using American palms (Arecaceae)
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, May 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-8-11 |
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| Authors |
Stine Bjorholm, Jens-Christian Svenning, Flemming Skov, Henrik Balslev |
| Abstract |
Tobler's first law of geography, 'Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things' also applies to biological systems as illustrated by a general and strong occurrence of geographic distance decay in ecological community similarity. Using American palms (Arecaceae) as an example, we assess the extent to which Tobler's first law applies to species richness and species composition, two fundamental aspects of ecological community structure. To shed light on the mechanisms driving distance decays in community structure, we also quantify the relative contribution of geographic distance per se and environmental changes as drivers of spatial turnover in species richness and composition. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 6% |
| Spain | 4 | 4% |
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Chile | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 90 | 79% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 30 | 26% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 11% |
| Professor | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 13 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 61 | 54% |
| Environmental Science | 25 | 22% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 19 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 08 January 2017.
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