A method to detect discontinuities in census data
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Abstract
The distribution of pattern across scales has predictive power in the analysis of complex systems. Discontinuity approaches remain a fruitful avenue of research in the quest for quantitative measures of resilience because discontinuity analysis provides an objective means of identifying scales in complex systems and facilitates delineation of hierarchical patterns in processes, structure, and resources. However, current discontinuity methods have been considered too subjective, too complicated and opaque, or have become computationally obsolete; given the ubiquity of discontinuities in ecological and other complex systems, a simple and transparent method for detection is needed. In this study, we present a method to detect discontinuities in census data based on resampling of a neutral model and provide the R code used to run the analyses. This method has the potential for advancing basic and applied ecological research.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A method to detect discontinuities in census data |
| Series title | Ecology and Evolution |
| DOI | 10.1002/ece3.4297 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Atlanta, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | 9614 |
| Last page | 9623 |
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