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Reinterpreting Maximum Entropy in Ecology: a null hypothesis constrained by ecological mechanism
James P. O'Dwyer, Andrew Rominger, Xiao Xiao
Simplified mechanistic models in ecology have been criticized for the fact that a good fit to data does not imply the mechanism is true: pattern does not equal process. In parallel…
Comparing process-based and constraint-based approaches for modeling macroecological patterns
Xiao Xiao, James P. O'Dwyer, Ethan P. White
Ecological patterns arise from the interplay of many different processes, and yet the emergence of consistent phenomena across a diverse range of ecological systems suggests that m…
A process-independent explanation for the general form of Taylor's Law
Xiao Xiao, Kenneth J. Locey, Ethan P. White
Taylors Law (TL) describes the scaling relationship between the mean and variance of populations as a power-law. TL is widely observed in ecological systems across space and time w…
A strong test of the Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology
Xiao Xiao, Daniel J. McGlinn, Ethan P. White
The Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology (METE) is a unified theory of biodiversity that predicts a large number of macroecological patterns using only information on the species rich…