Comment on "Global correlations in tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality".
Comment on "Global correlations in tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality".
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对“热带树种丰富度和丰度的全球相关性拒绝中立”的评论。
DOI：
10.1126/science.1222534
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2012
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Chen A
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Chen A
Rickleff和Renner(报告，2012年1月27日，第464页)显示了各大洲家庭内部物种丰富度和个体丰富度的相关性，并声称中性理论预测不存在这种相关性。然而，他们没有用中性模型从数量上证实这一说法。在这里，我们证明了中性理论可以与这些相关性一致，因此，仅凭这些相关性不能拒绝中性。
Ricklefs and Renner (Reports, 27 January 2012, p. 464) showed correlations of species richness and individual abundance within families across continents and claimed that neutral theory predicts no such correlation. However, they did not substantiate this claim quantitatively with a neutral model. Here, we show that neutral theory can be consistent with these correlations and, consequently, that the correlations alone cannot reject neutrality.