A unified theory for macroecology based on spatial patterns of abundance

By Brian J. McGill, Cathy D Collins. 2003

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A THEORY OF SPATIAL STRUCTURE IN ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES (2005, methodology): “…or the Poisson cluster model, which contain adjustable parameters for each species, we introduce no adjustable parameters nor, in contrast to McGill and Collins (2003), do we require as input to our theory any empirical information about the shape of species-abundance distributions across…”
Mechanisms in macroecology: AWOL or purloined letter? Towards a pragmatic view of mechanism (2010, background): “However, random placement of species with intra-specifi c clumping does a good job of parsimoniously producing many key macroecological patterns (McGill and Collins 2003, Harte et al. 2005, 2008).”
Which function describes the species–area relationship best? A review and empirical evaluation (2009, background): “Whereas some authors have argued that SARs should follow a flat–steep–flat pattern (Lomolino, 2000, 2001; Crawley & Harral, 2001), others have supported a steep–flat–steep pattern (Preston, 1960; Hubbell, 2001; Allen & White, 2003; McGill & Collins, 2003; Fridley et al., 2005).”
The state of plant population modelling in light of environmental change (2008, background): “…in scalingup, researchers often must consider the patchiness of the environment, spatial interactions, non-linearities in the interaction, and their variation with space, time, and population density as well as scale-crossing processes (e.g. Fuhlendorf and Smeins, 1996; McGill and Collins, 2003).”
Statistical mechanics of ecological systems: Neutral theory and beyond (2015, background): “[100] B.”
Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework. (2007, background): “At any scale the two assumptions of independence between species and aggregation within species lead to predictions about SADs as well as a variety of other macroecological patterns (Gauch & Whittaker 1972; Hengeveld & Haeck 1981; McGill & Collins 2003; Harte et al. 2005).”