Analysing the distance decay of community similarity in river networks using Bayesian methods.

ABSTRACT: The distance decay of community similarity (DDCS) is a pattern that is widely observed in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Niche-based theories argue that species are sorted in space according to their ability to adapt to new environmental conditions. The ecological neutral theory argues that community similarity decays due to ecological drift. The continuum hypothesis provides an intermediate perspective between niche-based theories and the neutral theory, arguing that niche and neutral factors are at the opposite ends of a continuum that ranges from competitive to stochastic exclusion. We assessed the association between niche-based and neutral factors and changes in community similarity measured by Sorensen's index in riparian plant communities. We assessed the importance of neutra

SUBMITTER: Dias FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8569194 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature