Disentangling the effects of sampling scale and size on the shape of species abundance distributions
R. A. F. Lima, P. A. Conde, C. Banks-Leite, R. C. Campos, M. I. M. Hernandez, R. R. Rodrigues, P. I. Prado
The paper investigates how sample size and sampling scale affect species abundance distributions (SADs) in three taxa, finding sample size is the main driver, with conspecific aggregation and beta diversity playing secondary roles.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2020Ecology