Comment on "Global correlations in tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality".
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Biodiversity
- Biological Evolution
- Ecosystem
- Trees