Temporal heterogeneity increases with spatial heterogeneity in ecological communities

• Main Authors: Scott Collins, Meghan Avolio, Corinna Gries, Lauren Hallett, Sally Koerner, Kimberly La Pierre, Andrew Rypel, Eric Sokol, Samuel Fey, Dan Flynn, Sydney Jones, Laura Ladwig, Julie Ripplinger, Matt Jones
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2017
• Subjects: species names; populations; communities; community; heterogeneity; temporal; spatial; Arctic; Bonanza; Canada; Cedar Creek; Kluane Lake; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/16/2

Heterogeneity is increasingly recognized as a foundational characteristic of ecological systems. Indeed, spatial heterogeneity is commonly used in alternative state theory as an early indicator of regime shifts. To evaluate if spatial heterogeneity of communities is a predictor of temporal heterogen...