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ProfessorJamesRosindell

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Professor of Biodiversity Theory
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2242j.rosindell

 
 
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W1.5KennedySilwood Park

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Alzate:2019:10.1111/geb.12899,
author = {Alzate, A and Janzen, T and Bonte, D and Rosindell, J and Etienne, RS},
doi = {10.1111/geb.12899},
journal = {Global Ecology and Biogeography},
pages = {875--890},
title = {A simple spatially explicit neutral model explains the range size distribution of reef fishes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12899},
volume = {28},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim</jats:title><jats:p>The great variation in range sizes among species has fascinated ecologists for decades. Reefassociated fish species live in highly spatially structured habitats and adopt a wide range of dispersal strategies. We consequently expect species with greater dispersal ability to occupy larger ranges. However, empirical evidence for such a positive relationship between dispersal and range size remains scarce. Here, we unveil the role of dispersal on the range size distribution of reefassociated fishes using empirical data and a novel spatially explicit model.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Location</jats:title><jats:p>Tropical Eastern Pacific.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Major taxa studied</jats:title><jats:p>Reefassociated fishes.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Time period</jats:title><jats:p>Underlying records are from the 20th and 21st centuries.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>We estimated range size distributions for all reefassociated fishes separated into six guilds, each with different dispersal abilities. We used a onedimensional spatially explicit neutral model, which simulates the distribution of species along a linear and contiguous coastline, to explore the effect of dispersal, speciation and sampling on the distribution of range sizes. Our model incorporates biologically important longdistance dispersal events with a fattailed dispersal kernel and also adopts a more realistic gradual “protracted” speciation process than originally used in neutral theory. We fitted the model to the empirical data using an approximate Bayesian computation approach, with a sequential Monte Carlo algorithm.</jats:p></jats:sec>
AU  - Alzate,A
AU  - Janzen,T
AU  - Bonte,D
AU  - Rosindell,J
AU  - Etienne,RS
DO  - 10.1111/geb.12899
EP  - 890
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1466-822X
SP  - 875
TI  - A simple spatially explicit neutral model explains the range size distribution of reef fishes
T2  - Global Ecology and Biogeography
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12899
VL  - 28
ER  -
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