NCEAS Working Groups
Local versus regional processes: Integrating space and environment
Project Description
Both local and regional processes can structure local communities, however, their relative roles are poorly understood. The classical methodology used to determine their relative importance is to examine the shape of the relationship between local and regional diversity. However, this approach has been criticized on several conceptual and methodological grounds. This proposal aims to integrate local (biotic and abiotic) and regional (spatial) information, using three novel research methodologies. These will be applied on a range of data sets, starting with zooplankton, but expanding to other aquatic taxa and terrestrial systems. Moreover, I will extend the methodology to genetic data, in order to make a direct comparison between processes working at the interspecific and intraspecific levels. The results will elucidate the processes that generate structure in populations and communities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Karl Cottenie
Project Dates
Start: January 1, 2003
End: December 31, 2005
completed
Participants
- Karl Cottenie
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Luc De Meester
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Products
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Presentations / 2003
Local and regional processes in a zooplankton metacommunity
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Presentations / 2003
Local and regional processes in a zooplankton metacommunity
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Presentations / 2003
Meta-analysis of metacommunities: A research program
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Journal Article / 2004
Metacommunity structure: Synergy of biotic interactions as selective agents and dispersal as fuel
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Presentations / 2005
Dispersal through time: Temporal metacommunity dynamics in annual desert plant communities
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Journal Article / 2005
Integrating environmental and spatial processes in ecological community dynamics
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Book Chapter / 2005
Local interactions and local dispersal in a zooplankton metacommunity
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Journal Article / 2006
Strong top-down control in Southern California kelp forest ecosystems
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Journal Article / 2007
Little evidence for climate effects on local-scale structure and dynamics of California kelp forest communities
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Report or White Paper / 2005
Ecological consequences of connections between habitats: The ponds of the nature reserve De Maten (Genk)