Modeling species-abundance relationships in multi-species collections
Acta Ecologica Sinica
By: S. Peng, Z. Yin, H. Ren, and Q. Guo
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Abstract
Species-abundance relationship is one of the most fundamental aspects of community ecology. Since Motomura first developed the geometric series model to describe the feature of community structure, ecologists have developed many other models to fit the species-abundance data in communities. These models can be classified into empirical and theoretical ones, including (1) statistical models, i.e., negative binomial distribution (and its extension), log-series distribution (and its extension), geometric distribution, lognormal distribution, Poisson-lognormal distribution, (2) niche models, i.e., geometric series, broken stick, overlapping niche, particulate niche, random assortment, dominance pre-emption, dominance decay, random fraction, weighted random fraction, composite niche, Zipf or Zipf-Mandelbrot model, and (3) dynamic models describing community dynamics and restrictive function of environment on community. These models have different characteristics and fit species-abundance data in various communities or collections. Among them, log-series distribution, lognormal distribution, geometric series, and broken stick model have been most widely used.
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Peng, S., Yin, Z., Ren, H., and Guo, Q., 2003, Modeling species-abundance relationships in multi-species collections: Acta Ecologica Sinica, v. 23, p. 1590-1605.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Modeling species-abundance relationships in multi-species collections |
| Series title | Acta Ecologica Sinica |
| Volume | 23 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 16 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Acta Ecologica Sinica |
| First page | 1590 |
| Last page | 1605 |