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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"compositional similarity"”.
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Effects of nutrient limitation on understory communities in a tropical forest
… resources. I found that soil factors impacted compositional similarity of both ferns and palms, with fern compositional variation related to total soil nitrogen to phosphorus ratio (soil N:P) and light conditions (red:far read – RFR) and palm compositional variation related to bulk density. …
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Vegetation change and vegetation type stability in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 1966 - 2010
… diversity between time periods. Vegetation compositional similarity was also compared between sites. I tested for the effect of difference in vegetation age and soil type as predictors of vegetation groups. Results showed an overall decrease in species diversity. Analysis ofvegetation groups …
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Seed mix design and application to overcome seed limitation in floodplain forest restorations
… species will naturally recolonize. However, the compositional differences between restored and reference forest understories are apparent. To enhance the compositional similarity of restored understories with those of reference sites, I used the species pool model and indicator species analysis …
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Comprehensive study of a heavy fuel oil spill : modeling and analytical approaches to understanding environmental weathering
… collected sooner after the spill having the most compositional similarity to the unweathered oil. Analysis of dominant heteroatom classes within the oil showed losses of high molecular weight species and the formation of stable core structures with time. These results highlight the susceptibility …
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Comprehensive study of a heavy fuel oil spill : modeling and analytical approaches to understanding environmental weathering
… collected sooner after the spill having the most compositional similarity to the unweathered oil. Analysis of dominant heteroatom classes within the oil showed losses of high molecular weight species and the formation of stable core structures with time. These results highlight the susceptibility …
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The Effects of Dispersal on Macroecological Patterns
… in tropical tree communities: the decline in the compositional similarity of communities with distance. However, this is not steady-state dispersal limitation in an equilibrium framework as is conventionally thought. Instead, the dispersal limitation appears to be historical in nature, which …
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Taxonomic homogenization of plant communities in Illinois wetlands and the role of wetland compensation
… represents just one of many possible outcomes of compositional change. Additionally, it has been suggested that the practice of compensatory wetland mitigation, which seeks maintain the integrity of wetlands at the national level by offsetting the destruction of wetlands with the restoration of …