Estimating and interpreting migration of Amazonian forests using spatially implicit and semi-explicit neutral models.

ABSTRACT: With many sophisticated methods available for estimating migration, ecologists face the difficult decision of choosing for their specific line of work. Here we test and compare several methods, performing sanity and robustness tests, applying to large-scale data and discussing the results and interpretation. Five methods were selected to compare for their ability to estimate migration from spatially implicit and semi-explicit simulations based on three large-scale field datasets from South America (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Ecuador). Space was incorporated semi-explicitly by a discrete probability mass function for local recruitment, migration from adjacent plots or from a metacommunity. Most methods were able to accurately estimate migration from spatially implicit simulations.

SUBMITTER: Pos E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5478059 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature