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Species-area relationship
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Definition
The positive relationship between species richness and the surveyed area, described by the power-law S=cA^z where c is the intercept and z measures the rate of community turnover
Related Terms (14)
Species-Area RelationshipsSARSARspower-lawpower lawS = cA^zspecies-area relationshipsEARRARspecies-area curve
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species area curveArrhenius power lawscale-dependent z-valuesspecies/area curve
Publications (30)
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Remote sensing strategies for surface mineral and contaminant detection
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What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology
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What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology
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Do microorganisms obey macroecological rules?
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Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community
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DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology
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Inferring Regional-Scale Species Diversity from Small-Plot Censuses
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Integrating macroecological metrics and community taxonomic structure
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Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecological theory
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Taxon Categories and the Universal Species-Area Relationship
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Testing the maximum entropy theory of ecology in the warming meadow
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A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow
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Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co
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Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors
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Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness
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Species richness along an elevational gradient
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Influence of patch area on bird species diversity in coniferous forests
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A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow
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Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve
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Biodiversity scales from plots to biomes with a universal species-area curve
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On the spatial distribution and abundance of herbaceous plants in aspen and conifer forest understories: a test of neutral/statistical versus niche-based theories?
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Patterns of biodiversity in sub-alpine wetlands
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Estimating species richness at large spatial scales using data from discrete plots
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Effect of Rock Size, Age, and Distance on the Biodiversity of Lower Copper Creek Area Lichens: A Test of the Theory of Island Biogeography
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Climate change and extinction risk
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Estimating species richness at large spatial scales using data from discrete plots
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Climate change and extinction risk
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Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management
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Estimating species-area relationships from plot to landscape scale using species spatial-turnover data
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