A multifractal model for spatial variation in species richness

A multifractal model for spatial variation in species richness

Models for species-area relationships up to now have focused on the mean richness as a function of area. We present MFp1p2, a self-similar multifractal. It explicitly models both trend and variation in richness as a function of area, and is a generalisation of the model of scaling of mean species richness due to Harte et al. (1999). The construction is based on a cascade of bisections of a rect...

A stochastic model for integrating changes in species richness and community similarity across spatial scales

Human activities have elevated the extinction of natural populations as well as the invasion of new areas by non-native species. These dual processes of invasion and extinction may change the richness and similarity of communities, but the form these changes take is likely to depend on the manner in which invasions and extinctions occur and the spatial scale at which the changes are measured. H...

Application of Multifractal and Joint Multifractal Analysis in Examining Soil Spatial Variation: A Review

Spatial Structure Alters the Shape of the Unimodal Species Richness-Biomass Relationship in a Neutral Model

Variation in individual density may explain the unimodal richness-biomass relationship in which species richness peaks at an intermediate level of total biomass. However, it is unclear how individual density is regulated by community thinning (i.e., mortality due to competition with neighbors) as total above-ground biomass increases. We developed a simulation model which demonstrates that the s...

Landscape Variation in Tree Species Richness in Northern Iran Forests

Mapping landscape variation in tree species richness (SR) is essential to the long term management and conservation of forest ecosystems. The current study examines the prospect of mapping field assessments of SR in a high-elevation, deciduous forest in northern Iran as a function of 16 biophysical variables representative of the area's unique physiography, including topography and coastal plac...