Species traits shape the relationship between local and regional species abundance distributions

Abstract The species abundance distribution (SAD) depicts the relative abundance of species within a community, which is a key concept in ecology. Here, we test whether SADs are more likely to either follow a lognormal‐like or follow a logseries‐like distribution and how that may change with spatial...

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Main Authors: Murilo Dantas de Miranda, Luís Borda‐de‐Água, Henrique Miguel Pereira, Thomas Merckx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-05-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2750