期刊
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
卷 23, 期 2, 页码 201-207出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01347.x
关键词
Generalists; Niche width; Saturation; Simulation; Specialists; Species pool; Whittaker's ss; ss-diversity
Aims: Large vegetation plot databases enable the estimation of niche width from species co-occurrence data. Different indices have been proposed for this purpose, but do not give unbiased (i. e. independent of species pool size) and robust estimates over a wide range of conditions. The aims of the paper are to: (1) demonstrate the limitations of different methods, and (2) propose a new algorithm that results in unbiased and robust estimates. Results: Whittaker's b-diversity, calculated from raw data, is an unbiased niche width measure only if the relationship between c-diversity and local richness is linear. However, this requirement is satisfied only in specific conditions, if both c-diversity and local richness are linear functions of the species pool size with zero intercept. I propose the use of Beals smoothing to estimate species pools. It has been proved through analysis of simulated data thatWhittaker's b calculated from species pool data is an unbiased estimate of niche width. I have shown that the robustness of the estimate can be improved by excluding extremely speciesrich plots. The relative role of methodological decisions during niche width estimation was explored through analysis of a large field data set (> 8000 releve ' s). Conclusions: The proposed algorithm results in robust, unbiased estimation, even in saturated communities, thus it avoids the drawbacks of the co-occurrence- based niche widthmeasures proposed earlier.
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