scholarly journals Neutral theory and the species abundance distribution: recent developments and prospects for unifying niche and neutral perspectives

2014 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Matthews ◽  
Robert J. Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Theory ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Species Abundance Distribution ◽  
Abundance Distribution ◽  
Recent Developments

Using a Macroecological Approach to Study Geographic Range, Abundance and Body Size in the Fossil Record

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 117-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kathleen Lyons ◽  
Felisa A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Species Abundance Distribution ◽  
Abundance Distribution ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Geographic Range Size ◽  
Fossil Data

Macroecology is a rapidly growing sub-discipline within ecology that is concerned with characterizing statistical patterns of species' abundance, distribution and diversity at spatial and temporal scales typically ignored by traditional ecology. Both macroecology and paleoecology are concerned with answering similar questions (e.g., understanding the factors that influence geographic ranges, or the way that species assemble into communities). As such, macroecological methods easily lend themselves to many paleoecological questions. Moreover, it is possible to estimate the variables of interest to macroecologists (e.g., body size, geographic range size, abundance, diversity) using fossil data. Here we describe the measurement and estimation of the variables used in macroecological studies and potential biases introduced by using fossil data. Next we describe the methods used to analyze macroecological patterns and briefly discuss the current understanding of these patterns. This chapter is by no means an exhaustive review of macroecology and its methods. Instead, it is an introduction to macroecology that we hope will spur innovation in the application of macroecology to the study of the fossil record.

Species abundance distribution models of Toona ciliata communities in Hubei Province, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-117
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Huoming Zhou ◽  
Jingyong Cai ◽  
Congwen Song ◽  
Linzhao Shi
Keyword(s):  
Species Abundance ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Species Abundance Distribution ◽  
Abundance Distribution ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Toona Ciliata

Species abundance, distribution and diversity in time and space after centuries of botanical collecting in the Guianas

Taxon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 592-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmattie Haripersaud ◽  
Hans ter Steege ◽  
Jean-Jacques de Granville ◽  
Hervé Chevillotte ◽  
Michel Hoff
Keyword(s):  
Species Abundance ◽  
Species Abundance Distribution ◽  
Abundance Distribution ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
The Guianas

scholarly journals Do generalized scaling laws exist for species abundance distribution in mountains?

Oikos ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxin Zhang ◽  
Keming Ma ◽  
Madhur Anand ◽  
Bojie Fu
Keyword(s):  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Species Abundance Distribution ◽  
Abundance Distribution
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