Changes in the spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation alter the structures and functions of the landscape, thereby affecting ecological processes.
This type of information is being used to assign priorities to taxa in conservation evaluations [5] [7], understand the mechanisms driving patterns of species coexistence and plant community assembly [8], [9], and to determine whether the evolutionary relationships among species of an assemblage are affecting ecological processes, dynamics and ecosystem function [10], [11].
Plant diversity can affect ecological processes through effects on biomass and soil condition.
The transformation of natural landscapes in extensive anthropogenic areas has significantly affected ecological processes, and studies that evaluate such changes are essential for the definition of conservation strategies.
According to ecological arguments, factors at the level of landscape affect ecological processes and the abundance of species, as a result of which the related objectives, such as those that are quantitative, are also spatial.
Understanding how increasing habitat loss affects ecological processes is critical for mitigating the effects of environmental changes on biodiversity and thus on the supply of ecosystem services by natural habitats.
In good weather, it is a delight' 'We have to protect the population, especially pregnant women, athletes and tourists who will come for the Olympic Games' 'There is a real risk that some [junior doctors] will vote with their feet' The incident is reportedly being investigated by police 'Nuclear accidents, not surprisingly, do affect ecological processes in wildlife for a very long time'.
The objective of the hindcast is not to precisely duplicate past conditions, but to represent short-term processes such as storm-induced wind, rain, and surge, along with long-term hydrological variations, that affect ecological processes and ecological response to changes in hydrology.
By isolating the effects of landscape structure, we are given a method by which to assess how spatial and temporal autocorrelation affect ecological processes.
This underscores the urgency for achieving a better understanding of how climate affects ecological processes like herbivory, predation and pollination [ 2].
For instance, changing distribution of a trait in a population (e.g. the evolution of body size) can affect ecological processes such population growth rates (Pelletier et al. 2007).
