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Metacommunity Structure in the Caribbean: Perspectives, Models, and Data

Metacommunity Structure in the Caribbean: Perspectives, Models, and Data. Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future. Michael R. Willig Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Long Term Trends Scale Dependent

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Metacommunity Structure in the Caribbean: Perspectives, Models, and Data

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  1. Metacommunity Structure in the Caribbean: Perspectives, Models, and Data Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Michael R. Willig Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  2. Long Term Trends Scale Dependent Context Dependent Legacies Global Change Population Level Abundance Dispersion Community Level Richeness Diversity Evenness Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Variation in Time & SpacePopulation & Community

  3. Composition Site Sp1 Sp2 Sp3 A 1 0 0 B 0 1 1 C 1 1 0 A B C Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Metacommunity StructureMultiple Sites Connected by Dispersal

  4. Dispersed Random Clumped Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Metacommunity Structure

  5. Regional Local Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Multiple Scales & Multiple Taxa

  6. Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Regional Scale

  7. Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Caribbean Bat Species Composition

  8. Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Bat Species Composition

  9. Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Caribbean Bat Metacommunity Structure

  10. Landscape Scale Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Puerto Rico

  11. Elevational Scale Luquillo Mountains Elfin Forest Palo Colorado Forest Tabonuco Forest Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future

  12. Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Metacommunity Analysis

  13. Local Scale Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot N Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future

  14. Spatial Model DISTURBANCE FINE SCALE PROCESS BROAD SCALE PATTERN HURRICANE LANDUSE DEMOGRAPHY Recruitment Growth Survivorship HETEROGENEITY Patch types Patch sizes Patch arrangement DISPERSAL OF INDIVIDUALS BIODIVERSITY Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future

  15. 100 80 60 Nestedness 40 20 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Seasons Since Disturbance Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Post-Hurricane Metacommunity Responses

  16. Regional Local Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Metacommunity Perspective

  17. Metacommunity Structure in the Caribbean: Perspectives, Models, and Data Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future Michael R. Willig Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  18. Reciprocal Averaging – 150 Elevational Plots (250 m Plots Removed) Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future

  19. Reciprocal Averaging -- 16 Elevational Strata Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future

  20. Reciprocal Averaging – 160 Elevational Plots Understanding the Environment For a Sustainable Future

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