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Nature 441, E1-E2 (4 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04827; Published online 3 May 2006; Corrected 18 May 2006
Theoretical biology: Comparing models of species abundance (Reply)
Igor Volkov1,2, Jayanth R. Banavar1, Fangliang He3, Stephen P. Hubbell4,5 & Amos Maritan6
Abstract
We have demonstrated that information on relative species abundance (RSA) cannot, without additional information, be used to discriminate among biological explanations for different RSA patterns1; but Chave et al. claim that our conclusion is premature2. Here we show that their analysis was not carried out in a consistent manner and that density dependence gives an equally valid mechanistic explanation for RSA patterns in addition to, and independently of, dispersal limitation.
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