Species Abundance: Natural Regulation of Insular Variation
Variation in numbers of land plant species on islands in the Galapagos Archipelago can be predicted on the basis of elevation, area of the adjacent island, distance from the nearest island, and distance from the center of the archipelago, but not on the basis of the area of the host island. Multiple...
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craaas:10.1126/science.142.3599.1575 2024-09-15T18:10:58+00:00 Species Abundance: Natural Regulation of Insular Variation Hamilton, Terrell H. Rubinoff, Ira Barth, Robert H. Bush, Guy L. 1963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3599.1575 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.142.3599.1575 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 142, issue 3599, page 1575-1577 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1963 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3599.1575 2024-07-04T04:01:12Z Variation in numbers of land plant species on islands in the Galapagos Archipelago can be predicted on the basis of elevation, area of the adjacent island, distance from the nearest island, and distance from the center of the archipelago, but not on the basis of the area of the host island. Multiple linear regression (y = bx 1 + bx 2 . . .) gives better "goodness of fit" than curvilinear analysis (y = bx z ). The variation in number of species on large islands can be predicted more accurately than the variation on small ones. Ecologic diversity and isolation are the natural regulators of species abundance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Host Island AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 142 3599 1575 1577 |
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Variation in numbers of land plant species on islands in the Galapagos Archipelago can be predicted on the basis of elevation, area of the adjacent island, distance from the nearest island, and distance from the center of the archipelago, but not on the basis of the area of the host island. Multiple linear regression (y = bx 1 + bx 2 . . .) gives better "goodness of fit" than curvilinear analysis (y = bx z ). The variation in number of species on large islands can be predicted more accurately than the variation on small ones. Ecologic diversity and isolation are the natural regulators of species abundance. |
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