The first approach suggests that evolution for niche differentiation may lead to neutrality, and the second suggests that evolution for niche convergence may do so. Although counterintuitive and rarely considered, here I argue that the differentiation hypothesis is more promising. As will be ...
Niches versus neutrality: uncovering the drivers of diversity in a species-rich community. Ecological models suggest that high diversity can be generated by purely niche-based, purely neutral or by a mixture of niche-based and neutral ecological ... R Vergnon,NK Dulvy,RP Freckleton - 《Ecology...
Ecological niche differentiation in the Aphelocoma jays: a phylogenetic perspective The Aphelocoma jays have become an important touchstone in behavioural ecology and biogeography – the corpus of studies of this genus makes it an importan... NH Rice,E Martínez-Meyer,AT Peterson - 《Biological Journ...
The schisms between deterministic and stochastic perspectives, which date back to the earliest days of ecology, continue to fuel contemporary debates (e.g. niches versus neutrality). As illustrated by the pioneering studies of Robert H. MacArthur and co-workers, resolution to these debates requires...
If organisms are involved in a perpetual struggle for existence, how is it that communities are so diverse? The traditional answer is the ecological 'niche' — even at very small scales, environmental differences are enough to allow different species to
I've usedInterxionas a poster child in the past foran emerging digital ecological niche in neutral multicloud. Certainly many of the large public cloud providers use their co-location services for reasons that will become evident. In fact, hyperscale cloud operators arenow the largest consumers of...
NeutralityRare eventsSpecies diversityStochasticTemporal variationDebate remains on the contributions of niche and neutral processes in structuring biological communities. Temporal variation in the extent to which these two processes may jointly operate makes the problem of resolving their roles even more ...
We conclude niche-based processes play the dominant role in structuring subalpine forest communities, and we suggest possible explanations for variation in the relative importance of niche vs. neutral processes along ecological gradients.doi:10.1002/ecs2.1847Tucker J. Furniss...
A recent, widely cited model of emergent neutrality is by Scheffer and van Nes, later applied to species abundance distribution patterns by Vergnon et al. We take issue with the ecological interpretation of this model, demonstrating that it in fact presupposes important differences between ...
A recent, widely cited model of emergent neutrality is by Scheffer and van Nes, later applied to species abundance distribution patterns by Vergnon et al. We take issue with the ecological interpretation of this model, demonstrating that it in fact presupposes important differences between ...