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Ecological Gradient Effects

Ecological Gradient Effects is a theoretical construct that characterizes the systematic variation in ecological processes, species distributions, or community compositions along a continuous environmental gradient within or across buffer zones, distinguishing it from discrete boundary effects by emphasizing gradual, directional changes in response to spatially heterogeneous abiotic or biotic factors.

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930

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481

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2017–2026

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231

Community and Ecosystem Responses to Elevational Gradients: Processes, Mechanisms, and Insights for Global Change

Maja K. Sundqvist, Nathan J. Sanders, David A. Wardle · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2013 · 695 citations

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GENETIC MODELS OF ADAPTATION AND GENE FLOW IN PERIPHERAL POPULATIONS

Gisela Garcı́a-Ramos, Mark Kirkpatrick · Evolution · 1997 · 589 citations

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Plant functional types as predictors of transient responses of arctic vegetation to global change

F. Stuart Chapin, M. Syndonia Bret‐Harte, Sarah E. Hobbie et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science · 1996 · 570 citations

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Re‐analysis of meta‐analysis: support for the stress‐gradient hypothesis

Christopher J. Lortie, Ragan M. Callaway · Journal of Ecology · 2005 · 419 citations · Full text

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A severe centennial-scale drought in midcontinental North America 4200 years ago and apparent global linkages

Robert K. Booth, Stephen T. Jackson, Steven L. Forman et al. · The Holocene · 2005 · 392 citations

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Authors

930

  1. HP
    Hans Pretzsch

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. KB
    Kamil Bielak

    Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

    4 publications · 576 citations

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  3. MH
    Michael Heym

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    4 publications · 323 citations

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  4. GB
    Gediminas Brazaitis

    Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

    3 publications · 298 citations

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  5. ĀJ
    Āris Jansons

    Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava", Latvia

    3 publications · 298 citations

    3

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Institutions

481

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    51 publications

    2K citations

  2. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    566 citations

  4. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    891 citations

  5. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    2K citations

  6. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    994 citations

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  1. Ecosphere

    11 publications · 333 citations

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  2. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Ecology

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Ecology

    6 publications · 502 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    6 publications · 326 citations

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