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    • Metacommunity theory and the theory of island biogeography (TIB) offer frameworks for unifying ecological studies across scales.
    • While TIB excels at predicting alpha diversity (e.g., species-area relationships), it has limitations in predicting spatial beta diversity patterns.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To integrate spatial beta diversity patterns into metacommunity theory by extending the TIB.
    • To derive theoretical predictions for beta diversity under the classic MacArthur and Wilson framework.
    • To empirically test these predictions using avian community data from Thousand Island Lake, China.

    Main Methods:

    • Derived theoretical predictions for beta diversity based on colonization and extinction rates within the TIB framework.
    • Collected and analyzed avian community composition data from 42 islands.
    • Partitioned beta diversity into turnover and nestedness components to assess their relationship with rate ratios.

    Main Results:

    • Theoretical predictions confirmed that increased distance and decreased island area correlate with higher beta diversity.
    • Pairwise beta diversity was found to be independent of the mainland species pool size.
    • Turnover component increased with the extinction/colonization rate ratio, while nestedness showed a unimodal relationship.

    Conclusions:

    • Beta diversity patterns are more effective than alpha diversity in distinguishing between species-equivalent and species-nonequivalent models.
    • Beta diversity serves as a potent tool for identifying non-neutral ecological processes.
    • The developed model provides a foundation for incorporating greater biological realism into metacommunity analyses.