コメント "植物多様性は,地球規模での負密度依存の強さとともに増加する"

Ryan A Chisholm^1,2, Tak Fung³

¹Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117558 Singapore. ryan.chis@gmail.com.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|May 26, 2018

まとめ

樹木コミュニティに関する研究では緯度多様性グラデーションを支持する証拠は見つかりませんでした以前の発見はデータ分析の人工物であることが示され,修正された方法は緯度的な傾向を示さなかった.

科学分野:

エコロジー
生物多様性科学
森林の生態学

背景:

緯度多様性グラデーションは,緯度が下がるにつれて種が豊かになるパターンであり,生態学の基本的な概念です.
以前の研究では樹木コミュニティにおける同種の負の密度依存が低緯度でのより強い影響でこのグラデントを説明していた.

研究の目的:

LaManna et alの発見を再評価する. 同種の負の密度依存と,その緯度多様性グラデントとの関係について.
密度依存の観測された緯度傾向が真の生態学的現象なのか,それとも分析方法の人工物なのかを判断する.

主な方法:

LaManna et al が提示したデータの統計的再分析
選択的なデータ変換とモデルフィッティング手順の修正,特に強制的なゼロインターセプトに対処する.

主要な成果:

ラマナ氏らによる原始的な発見特定のデータ操作とモデルの制約に起因するアーティファクトとして特定されました.
修正された統計的分析では,緯度間の同種の負の密度依存の有意な傾向は示されなかった.

結論:

樹密度依存に基づく緯度多様性グラデントのメカニズム的説明は,修正された分析によって支持されていません.
この研究は,誤った結論を避けるために,厳格なデータ分析とモデル検証の重要性を強調しています.

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