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distance-decay relationship

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Definition

Decrease in compositional similarity between communities with increasing geographic distance or environmental separation

Related Terms (1)

phylogenetic distance-decay

Publications (2)

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

2008PNASmeasured

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elevation gradient

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phylogenetic signal

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trait variation

measurement2 shared papers

soil organic carbon stabilization

process2 shared papers

elevational gradients

framework2 shared papers

phylogenetic diversity

measurement1 shared paper

climate change

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spatial clustering

phenomenon1 shared paper

interaction turnover

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Frequently Associated Species

Androsace septentrionalis

Primulaceae1 paper

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae1 paper

Artemisia rothrockii

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae1 paper

Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

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Magnoliopsida

Vahliaceae1 paper