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Predicting alpha diversity of African rain forests: models based on climate and satellite-derived data do not perform better than a purely spatial model

  • Ingrid Parmentier*
  • , Ryan J. Harrigan
  • , Wolfgang Buermann
  • , Edward T.A. Mitchard
  • , Sassan Saatchi
  • , Yadvinder Malhi
  • , Frans Bongers
  • , William D. Hawthorne
  • , Miguel E. Leal
  • , Simon L. Lewis
  • , Louis Nusbaumer
  • , Douglas Sheil
  • , Marc S.M. Sosef
  • , Kofi Affum-Baffoe
  • , Adama Bakayoko
  • , George B. Chuyong
  • , Cyrille Chatelain
  • , James A. Comiskey
  • , Gilles Dauby
  • , Jean Louis Doucet
  • Sophie Fauset, Laurent Gautier, Jean François Gillet, David Kenfack, François N. Kouamé, Edouard K. Kouassi, Lazare A. Kouka, Marc P.E. Parren, Kelvin S.H. Peh, Jan M. Reitsma, Bruno Senterre, Bonaventure Sonké, Terry C.H. Sunderland, Mike D. Swaine, Mbatchou G.P. Tchouto, Duncan Thomas, Valkenburg JLCH Van, Olivier J. Hardy
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Oxford
  • Wageningen University & Research
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
  • University of Leeds
  • Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
  • Center for International Forestry Research
  • Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC)
  • Forestry Commission of Ghana
  • Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire
  • University of Buea
  • United States Geological Survey
  • University of Liege
  • Harvard University
  • Université de Cocody Abidjan
  • Institut Notre Dame
  • Tropenbos International Congo-Basin Programme
  • Bureau Waardenburg
  • Université de Yaoundé I
  • University of Aberdeen
  • Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forêts
  • Oregon State University

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1164-1176
Number of pages0
JournalJournal of Biogeography
Volume38
Issue number6
Early online date7 Feb 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2011

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