Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality

Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 335 (6067) ◽  
pp. 464-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Ricklefs ◽  
S. S. Renner
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Richness ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

scholarly journals Comment on “Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality”

Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 336 (6089) ◽  
pp. 1639.2-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rampal S. Etienne ◽  
James Rosindell
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Neutral Theory ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Neutral Model ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Richness ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Ricklefs and Renner (Reports, 27 January 2012, p. 464) showed correlations of species richness and individual abundance within families across continents and claimed that neutral theory predicts no such correlation. However, they did not substantiate this claim quantitatively with a neutral model. Here, we show that neutral theory can be consistent with these correlations and, consequently, that the correlations alone cannot reject neutrality.

scholarly journals Comment on “Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality”

Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 336 (6089) ◽  
pp. 1639.3-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo Mora
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Neutral Theory ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Neutral Model ◽  
Strong Correlations ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Richness ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance ◽  
Tree Assemblages

Ricklefs and Renner (Reports, 27 January 2012, p. 464) suggested that strong correlations in the diversity of shared families between isolated tree assemblages reject neutrality. Simulations of a neutral model indicate, however, that isolated assemblages under various configurations of random speciation and extinction do sustain strong correlations in the diversity of shared families. Thus, reported correlations support rather than reject neutral theory.

scholarly journals Comment on “Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality”

Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 336 (6089) ◽  
pp. 1639.4-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anping Chen ◽  
Shaopeng Wang ◽  
Stephen W. Pacala
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Neutral Theory ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Richness ◽  
Neutral Theory Of Biodiversity ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Ricklefs and Renner (Reports, 27 January 2012, p. 464) found significant correlations for abundances and species diversities of families and orders of trees on different continents, which they suggested falsifies the neutral theory of biodiversity (NTB). We argue that the correlations among families and orders and the lack of correlations among genera can be explained by the NTB.

Towards quantifying tropical tree species richness in tropical forests

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1629-1634 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Gillespie ◽  
S. Saatchi ◽  
S. Pau ◽  
S. Bohlman ◽  
A. P. Giorgi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Tree Species Richness

scholarly journals Evaluating the potential of full‐waveform lidar for mapping pan‐tropical tree species richness

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1799-1816
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Marselis ◽  
Katharine Abernethy ◽  
Alfonso Alonso ◽  
John Armston ◽  
Timothy R. Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Full Waveform ◽  
Tree Species Richness ◽  
Waveform Lidar ◽  
Full Waveform Lidar

scholarly journals Comment on “Global Correlations in Tropical Tree Species Richness and Abundance Reject Neutrality”

Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 336 (6089) ◽  
pp. 1639.5-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Munoz ◽  
Pierre Couteron ◽  
Stephen P. Hubbell
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Neutral Theory ◽  
Tropical Tree ◽  
Temporal Scales ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Tropical Tree Species ◽  
Neutral Theory Of Biodiversity ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance

Ricklefs and Renner (Reports, 27 January 2012, p. 464) have argued that the neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography cannot explain the correlations in family abundances and species richness found between tropical forests from distinct continents. However, we show that such patterns can arise from neutral processes of diversification, migration, and drift over large spatial and temporal scales.

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