Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology
<p>Ecologists are intrigued by the manner in which colonists from a regional pool of species establish and structure local ecological communities. This has initiated several approaches to identifying the relative roles of regional and local processes. Recently, large-scale data sets and novel...
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| description | <p>Ecologists are intrigued by the manner in which colonists from a regional pool of species establish and structure local ecological communities. This has initiated several approaches to identifying the relative roles of regional and local processes. Recently, large-scale data sets and novel statistical tools have sparked renewed interest in objectively defined homogeneous species pools. At continental and global scales, these homogenous units are known as biogeographic species pools. Here we argue that the biogeographic species pool is not just a scaled-up version of the regional species pool featured in many foundational ecological theories. Instead, the processes linking local communities and regional species pools differ from those in the biogeographic species pool. To illustrate this, we distinguish between regional and biogeographic species pools by overlaying species distribution data and differentiat- ing between the intersection and union of these distributions. Although patterns in the regional and biogeographic species pools may appear self-similar across scales, the underlying mechanisms differ from those between local communities and the regional species pool. As a consequence, conventional approaches of quantifying the relative role of local and regional process are inappropriate for studying the biogeographic species pool, thus highlighting the need for new multi-scale theories in macroecology.</p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9a9b7e60a0044418a31c7842747a3f02022-12-22T03:10:56ZengInternational Biogeography SocietyFrontiers of Biogeography1948-65962014-12-0164ark:13030/qt0bp2c1d0Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecologyFalko Buschke0Luc Brendonck1Bram Vanschoenwinkel2KU LeuvenKU LeuvenVrije Universiteit Brussels<p>Ecologists are intrigued by the manner in which colonists from a regional pool of species establish and structure local ecological communities. This has initiated several approaches to identifying the relative roles of regional and local processes. Recently, large-scale data sets and novel statistical tools have sparked renewed interest in objectively defined homogeneous species pools. At continental and global scales, these homogenous units are known as biogeographic species pools. Here we argue that the biogeographic species pool is not just a scaled-up version of the regional species pool featured in many foundational ecological theories. Instead, the processes linking local communities and regional species pools differ from those in the biogeographic species pool. To illustrate this, we distinguish between regional and biogeographic species pools by overlaying species distribution data and differentiat- ing between the intersection and union of these distributions. Although patterns in the regional and biogeographic species pools may appear self-similar across scales, the underlying mechanisms differ from those between local communities and the regional species pool. As a consequence, conventional approaches of quantifying the relative role of local and regional process are inappropriate for studying the biogeographic species pool, thus highlighting the need for new multi-scale theories in macroecology.</p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bp2c1d0Anuraemergent propertiesextent of occurrencehierarchical spatial scales |
| spellingShingle | Falko Buschke Luc Brendonck Bram Vanschoenwinkel Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology Frontiers of Biogeography Anura emergent properties extent of occurrence hierarchical spatial scales |
| title | Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology |
| title_full | Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology |
| title_fullStr | Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology |
| title_short | Differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi-scale theories in macroecology |
| title_sort | differences between regional and biogeographic species pools highlight the need for multi scale theories in macroecology |
| topic | Anura emergent properties extent of occurrence hierarchical spatial scales |
| url | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bp2c1d0 |
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