It's about time: a critique of macroecological inferences concerning plant competition

TY - JOUR

T1 - It's about time

T2 - a critique of macroecological inferences concerning plant competition

AU - Damgaard, Christian

AU - Weiner, Jacob

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

N2 - Several macroecological studies have used static spatial data to evaluate plant competition in natural ecosystems and to investigate its role in plant community dynamics and species assembly. The assumptions on which the inferences are based have not been consistent with ecological knowledge. Inferences about processes, such as competition, from static data are weak. Macroecology will benefit more from dynamic data, even if limited, than from increasingly sophisticated analyses of static spatial patterns.

AB - Several macroecological studies have used static spatial data to evaluate plant competition in natural ecosystems and to investigate its role in plant community dynamics and species assembly. The assumptions on which the inferences are based have not been consistent with ecological knowledge. Inferences about processes, such as competition, from static data are weak. Macroecology will benefit more from dynamic data, even if limited, than from increasingly sophisticated analyses of static spatial patterns.

U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.001

DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.001

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 28011001

AN - SCOPUS:85008145353

SN - 0169-5347

VL - 32

SP - 86

EP - 87

JO - Trends in Ecology & Evolution

JF - Trends in Ecology & Evolution

IS - 2

ER -