Scale collapse and the emergence of the power law species-area relationship

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 883-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Q. Wilber ◽  
Justin Kitzes ◽  
John Harte
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship

Self‐Similarity, the Power Law Form of the Species‐Area Relationship, and a Probability Rule: A Reply to Maddux

2004 ◽  
Vol 163 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Ostling ◽  
John Harte ◽  
Jessica L. Green ◽  
Ann P. Kinzig
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Self Similarity ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship

scholarly journals The species–area relationship and evolution

2006 ◽  
Vol 241 (3) ◽  
pp. 590-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Lawson ◽  
Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship

Fragmentation, grazing and the species-area relationship

Ecography ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany L. Bogich ◽  
Gary M. Barker ◽  
Karin Mahlfeld ◽  
Frank Climo ◽  
Rhys Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship

scholarly journals A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Individual Species-Area Relationship in Temperate and Tropical Tree Communities

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e63192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yang ◽  
Nathan G. Swenson ◽  
Min Cao ◽  
George B. Chuyong ◽  
Corneille E. N. Ewango ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Tree Communities ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Phylogenetic Perspective ◽  
Species Area Relationship ◽  
The Individual

Hot-Spot Facts and Artifacts-Questioning Israel's Great Biodiversity

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uri Roll ◽  
Lewi Stone ◽  
Shai Meiri
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Prediction Intervals ◽  
Predicting Factors ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Expected Values ◽  
Species Area Relationship

Israel's biological diversity has been praised as being particularly rich in relation to its size; however this assumption was never tested when taking into account the empirical form of the species-area relationship. Here we compared the species richness of different countries to see if the Israeli diversity is exceptionally rich when area is accurately accounted for. We compared richness of amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, flowering plants, conifers and cycads, and ferns in all the world's countries. We further tested the effects of mean latitude, altitude span, and insularity on species richness both for all world countries and just for Mediterranean countries. For all taxa and in all tests, Israel lies within the prediction intervals of the models. Out of 42 tests, Israel's residuals lie in the upper decile of positive residuals once: for reptiles, when compared to all world countries, taking all predicting factors into account. Using only countries larger than 1000 km2, Israel was placed as top residual when compared to other Mediterranean countries for mammals and reptiles. We therefore conclude that Israel's species richness does not significantly exceed the expected values for a country its size. This is true when comparing it to either world or just Mediterranean countries. Adding more predicting factors does not change this fact.

Taxon-and-Area Invariances, Maximum Entropy, and the Species-Area Relationship

2013 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnošt L. Šizling ◽  
William E. Kunin ◽  
David Storch
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Entropy ◽  
Species Area ◽  
Species Area Relationship
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