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climatic niche — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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climatic niche

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 8 | Mentions: 9

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Knowledge graph centered on climatic niche with 71 nodes and 122 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Spruce, Potentilla, Rushes.

Definition

The range of climate conditions that a species can tolerate, estimated from ecological niche models

Related Terms (7)

nichethermal nicheclimate nicheNBecological nicheniche expansionniche shift

Publications (9)

How does incorporating microclimate data into ecological niche models change our estimates of the climatic niche of vascular plant species?

On the structure and significance of ecological niche breadth

On the structure and significance of ecological niche breadth

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

2018Journal of Ecologymeasured

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coexistence in Closely Related <i>Rhyacophila</i> (Trichoptera) Species

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

An Epichloe endophyte alters the ecology of Poa leptocoma.

Can fungal symbionts shift host niche dimensions to promote species coexistence?

Related Concepts (10)

nutritional niche partitioning

theory4 shared papers

interspecific competition

process3 shared papers

microclimate heterogeneity

phenomenon2 shared papers

facilitative interactions

process2 shared papers

phenotypic plasticity

process2 shared papers

drought resilience

phenomenon2 shared papers

slow-fast continuum

framework2 shared papers

plant-microbial coupling

process2 shared papers

early-life trade-offs

theory2 shared papers

source-sink dynamics

theory2 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

aquatic insects

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae3 papers

Micropterus salmoides

Centrarchidae2 papers

benthic invertebrates

Polygonum

aquatic macroinvertebrates

Potentilla

Rosaceae2 papers

mycorrhizal fungi

Erigeron

Asteraceae2 papers

Poa leptocoma

Poaceae2 papers

article

Caddisfly life histories along permanence gradients in high-altitude wetlands in Colorado (U.S.A.)

2003Freshwater Biologyframework