The stability of forest biodiversity

Igor Volkov, Jayanth R. Banavar (), Amos Maritan and Stephen P. Hubbell
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Igor Volkov: 104 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
Jayanth R. Banavar: 104 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
Amos Maritan: Universita di Padova and INFM 35131 Padova, and Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics
Stephen P. Hubbell: University of Georgia

Nature, 2004, vol. 427, issue 6976, 696-696

Abstract: Abstract The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography1 provides a dynamic null hypothesis for the assembly of natural communities. It is also useful for understanding the influence of speciation, extinction, dispersal and ecological drift on patterns of relative species abundance, species–area relationships and phylogeny. Clark and McLachlan2 argue that neutral drift is inconsistent with the palaeorecord of stability in fossil pollen assemblages of the Holocene forests of southern Canada. We show here that their analysis is based on a partial misunderstanding of neutral theory and that their data alone cannot unambiguously test its validity.

Date: 2004
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