Scaling coefficients can reveal nonlinear relationships among biological variables. The approach has now proved fruitful in exploring the relationship between diversity at different taxonomic levels.
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Gotelli, N. Biodiversity in the scales. Nature 419, 575–576 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419575a
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