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Nature 427, 696 (19 February 2004) |
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Neutral theory (communication arising): The stability of forest biodiversity
Igor Volkov1, Jayanth R. Banavar1, Amos Maritan2 & Stephen P. Hubbell3
Abstract
The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography1 provides a dynamic null hypothesis for the assembly of natural communities. It is also useful for understanding the influence of speciation, extinction, dispersal and ecological drift on patterns of relative species abundance, species–area relationships and phylogeny. Clark and McLachlan2 argue that neutral drift is inconsistent with the palaeorecord of stability in fossil pollen assemblages of the Holocene forests of southern Canada. We show here that their analysis is based on a partial misunderstanding of neutral theory and that their data alone cannot unambiguously test its validity.
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