Species-area relationship

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The positive relationship between species richness and the surveyed area, described by the power-law S=cA^z where c is the intercept and z measures the rate of community turnover

Species-area relationship

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Remote sensing strategies for surface mineral and contaminant detection

What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology

What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology

Do microorganisms obey macroecological rules?

Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology

Inferring Regional-Scale Species Diversity from Small-Plot Censuses

Integrating macroecological metrics and community taxonomic structure

Related Concepts (10)

species diversity

space use

maximum entropy inference

maximum entropy theory of ecology

Theory of Island Biogeography

species abundance

elevational gradients

ecosystem function

metabolic rate distribution over individuals

trait variation

Frequently Associated Species

Erigeron

Castilleja

Arnica

Valeriana

A. tridentata

Taraxacum

Potentilla gracilis

Taraxacum officinale

Potentilla

Artemisia

Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecological theory

Taxon Categories and the Universal Species-Area Relationship

Testing the maximum entropy theory of ecology in the warming meadow

A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

Species richness along an elevational gradient

Influence of patch area on bird species diversity in coniferous forests

A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow

Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve

Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve

On the spatial distribution and abundance of herbaceous plants in aspen and conifer forest understories: a test of neutral/statistical versus niche-based theories?

Patterns of biodiversity in sub-alpine wetlands

Estimating species richness at large spatial scales using data from discrete plots

Effect of Rock Size, Age, and Distance on the Biodiversity of Lower Copper Creek Area Lichens: A Test of the Theory of Island Biogeography

Climate change and extinction risk

Estimating species richness at large spatial scales using data from discrete plots

Climate change and extinction risk

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

Estimating species-area relationships from plot to landscape scale using species spatial-turnover data

On the implications of species-area relationships for endemism, spatial turnover, and food web patterns