Dear ecologgers,
Some colleagues and I are carrying out a comparative demographic analyses with
hundreds of plant species and are interested in correlating our findings with
abiotic factors such as mean annual temperature and precipitation, frequency of
disturbance, or degree of abiotic stochasticity. Unfortunately we do not have
access to these type of data for the study sites where the data in our database
was censused. Instead, we have classified those sites following Olson et al.
BioSci 2001's ecoregions*. We've tried to find a publication that offers global
values for P, T, degree of disturbance, degree of stochasticity, etc at this
ecoregion or similar classification level but have not succeeded. We would very
much appreciate if some ecologger could suggest some references. My email
contact is salguero AT demogr.mpg.de.
Many thanks in advance!
Rob et al.
*Olson's ecoregions are:
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forest
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest
- Temperate coniferous forest
- Boreal forest/Taiga
- Tropical and subtropical grassland, savanna, and shrubland
- Temperate grassland, savanna and shrubland
- Flooded grassland and savanna
- Tundra
- Mediterranean forest, woodland and scrub
- Desert and xeric shrubland
- Mangrove
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"Aliud iter ad prosperitatem nos est: id est omnibus rebus vincere"
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Rob Salguero-Gómez, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Address: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, room 310
Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1. 18057 Rostock, Germany
Office phone: +49 (0) 381.2081-267 (ext. 236)
Fax: +49 (0) 381.2081-567
Email: [email protected]
Skype: robertosalguerogomez
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