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- Title
Phylogenetic diversity scaling in small mammal communities: The example of Nizhny Novgorod region of the Volga Basin.
- Authors
Yakimov, B.; Gelashvili, D.; Rozenberg, G.; Bezel', V.
- Abstract
Traditional approaches to structural analysis of biotic communities, based on the data on species abundances, do not take into account phylogenetic relationships between these species. We propose a new approach to studying the scaling (scale dependence) of phylogenetic diversity by means of multifractal analysis in which the moments of phylogenetic diversity are used. The results of applying this approach to small mammal communities of Nizhny Novgorod region of the Volga Basin has shown that phylogenetic diversity scaling complies with the power law, which is indicative of the self-similarity of these communities. The multifractal spectra of phylogenetic diversity scaling markedly differ from the spectra of species diversity scaling, providing evidence that the proposed approach can provide novel information on the structure of biotic communities.
- Subjects
NIZHNII Novgorod (Russia); PHYLOGENY; SPECIES diversity; BIOTIC communities; MAMMAL populations
- Publication
Russian Journal of Ecology, 2017, Vol 48, Issue 3, p262
- ISSN
1067-4136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1067413617030201