Effects of compositional heterogeneity and spatial autocorrelation on richness and diversity in simulated landscapes

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 13; no. 12; pp. e10810 - n/a
• Main Authors: Tardanico, Joseph, Hovestadt, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.12.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: community assembly; diversity; individual based model; Landscape Ecology; landscape structure; metacommunity model; richness; diversity; richness; individual based model; metacommunity model; community assembly; landscape structure

Landscape structure plays a key role in mediating a variety of ecological processes affecting biodiversity patterns; however, its precise effects and the mechanisms underpinning them remain unclear. While the effects of landscape structure have been extensively investigated both empirically and theo...