Estimating and interpreting migration of Amazonian forests using spatially implicit and semi‐explicit neutral models

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 7; no. 12; pp. 4254 - 4265
• Main Authors: Pos, Edwin, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean‐François, Pitman, Nigel, Mogollón, Hugo, Neill, David, Cerón, Carlos, Rivas‐Torres, Gonzalo, Di Fiore, Anthony, Thomas, Raquel, Tirado, Milton, Young, Kenneth R., Wang, Ophelia, Sierra, Rodrigo, García‐Villacorta, Roosevelt, Zagt, Roderick, Palacios Cuenca, Walter, Aulestia, Milton, Steege, Hans
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2017; Wiley Open Access; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Approximation; betadiversity; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biogeography; Botanics; Community; Computer simulation; Data processing; Datasets; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Estimation; Forest ecosystems; Forests; Life Sciences; Local communities; Methods; Migration; Migratory species; neutral theory; Original Research; Parameter estimation; Population genetics; Process parameters; species composition; species diversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Test procedures; Vegetal Biology; migration; parameter estimation; species diversity; neutral theory; betadiversity; species composition; Species diversity; Parameter estimation; Species composition; Neutral theory; Migration; Betadiversity

With many sophisticated methods available for estimating migration, ecologists face the difficult decision of choosing for their specific line of work. Here we test and compare several methods, performing sanity and robustness tests, applying to large‐scale data and discussing the results and interp...