scholarly journals Seagrass‐associated fungal communities show distance decay of similarity that has implications for seagrass management and restoration

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 11288-11297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin J. Wainwright ◽  
Geoffrey L. Zahn ◽  
Joshua Zushi ◽  
Nicole Li Ying Lee ◽  
Jillian Lean Sim Ooi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Decay ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Distance Decay Of Similarity

scholarly journals The distance decay of similarity in ecological communities

Ecography ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Soininen ◽  
Robert McDonald ◽  
Helmut Hillebrand
Keyword(s):  
Distance Decay ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
Distance Decay Of Similarity

Not everything is everywhere: the distance decay of similarity in a marine host-parasite system

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Pérez-del-Olmo ◽  
Mercedes Fernández ◽  
Juan Antonio Raga ◽  
Aneta Kostadinova ◽  
Serge Morand
Keyword(s):  
Distance Decay ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Distance Decay Of Similarity

scholarly journals A general framework for the distance-decay of similarity in ecological communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 904-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Morlon ◽  
George Chuyong ◽  
Richard Condit ◽  
Stephen Hubbell ◽  
David Kenfack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Framework ◽  
Distance Decay ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
Distance Decay Of Similarity

The distance decay of similarity in climate variation and vegetation dynamics

2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 4659-4670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Zhao ◽  
Shuangcheng Li ◽  
Jianguo Liu ◽  
Jian Peng ◽  
Yanglin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
Climate Variation ◽  
Distance Decay ◽  
Distance Decay Of Similarity

scholarly journals The geometry of the distance-decay of similarity in ecological communities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Ladau ◽  
Jessica L. Green ◽  
Katherine S. Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Beta Diversity ◽  
Functional Form ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Geometric Probability ◽  
Distance Decay ◽  
Quadratic Model ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
Tropical Vegetation ◽  
Effective Conservation ◽  
Distance Decay Of Similarity

AbstractUnderstanding beta-diversity has strong implications for evaluating the extent of biodiversity and formulating effective conservation policy. Here, we show that the distance-decay relationship, an important measure of beta-diversity, follows a universal form which we call the piecewise quadratic model. To derive the piecewise quadratic model, we develop a new conceptual framework which is based on geometric probability and several key insights about the roles of study design (e.g., plot dimensions and spatial distributions). We fit the piecewise quadratic model to six empirical distance-decay relationships, spanning a range of taxa and spatial scales, including surveys of tropical vegetation, mammals, and amphibians. We find that the model predicts the functional form of the relationships extremely well, with coefficients of determination in excess of 0.95. Moreover, the model predicts a phase transition at distance scales where sample plots are overlapping, which we confirm empirically. Our framework and model provide a fundamental, quantitative link between distance-decay relationships and the shapes of ranges of taxa.

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