Subtitle:

Spatial scaling laws

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology. Publishing Office

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Description:

Pages 59-66 : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 65-66)

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

This paper tests the recent published synthetic theory of biodiversity of Ritchie and Olff (1999) using data on parasitic Hymenoptera and soil living Diptera. Neither the predicted size dependent size ratio patterns, nor the left skewed species number-size class ratios, nor right skewed species richness-productivity patterns were found. It is concluded that the basic assumptions of the theory (self similarity of habitat, food, and resource distribution over ecological relevant scales) is not applicable at fine scales and to guilds of higher trophic levels. Whether in general the assumptions are applicable to plants and phytophages has to be decided by further studies.

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Relation:

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volume:

49

Issue:

1

Start page:

59

End page:

66

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:115781 ; ISSN 1505-2249

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

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Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

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Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

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