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When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?
Lasse Ruokolainen,
Esa Ranta,
Veijo Kaitala,
Mike Fowler 
Ecology Letters, Volume: 12, Issue: 9, Pages: 909 - 919
Swansea University Author:
Mike Fowler
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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01346.x
Abstract
Niche and neutral processes are the two most important hypotheses currently used to describe the distribution and abundances of species within ecosystems. We applied a novel statistical approach to simulated data generated with either niche or neutral models, to highlight the environmental condition...
| Published in: | Ecology Letters |
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| ISSN: | 1461-023X 1461-0248 |
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2009
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13406 |
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| Abstract: |
Niche and neutral processes are the two most important hypotheses currently used to describe the distribution and abundances of species within ecosystems. We applied a novel statistical approach to simulated data generated with either niche or neutral models, to highlight the environmental conditions under which these hypotheses can be reliably differentiated – and, equally importantly, those conditions where they cannot. This study has fundamental importance for the ecology community, as it adds and develops an analytical component to the argument over whether niche or neutral processes can be differentiated using the sort of biological data typically collected from the field. |
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a. The author made a substantial contribution either to the conception and design of the study; and to carrying out the study (including acquisition of study data); and to analysis and interpretation of study data.andb. The author helped draft the output; |
| Keywords: |
Bray & Curtis, Community composition, dispersal, ecological similarity, metacommunity, neutral model, percent similarity |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Issue: |
9 |
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909 |
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919 |