<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-77442018000200937</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v66i2.33424</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Relación especie-área y distribución de la abundancia de especies en una comunidad vegetal de un inselberg tropical: efecto del tamaño de los parches]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Species-area relation and species abundance distribution in a plant community on a tropical inselberg: effect of patch size]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A a"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cardinelli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucas de Siqueira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Magnago]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luiz Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Heringer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gustavo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A a"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A6"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Venâncio Martins]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastião]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viana Campos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Prímula]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigues]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alice Cristina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A a"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A6"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viana Neri]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andreza]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alves Meira-Neto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[João Augusto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Viçosa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Viçosa Minas Gerais]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Viçosa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Viçosa Minas Gerais]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puerto Ayacucho Amazonas]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Botânica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo São Paulo]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ilhéus Bahia]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Viçosa Departamento de Biologia Vegetal Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Plantas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Viçosa Minas Gerais]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>66</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>937</fpage>
<lpage>951</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442018000200937&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442018000200937&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442018000200937&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Aunque los inselbergs son afloramientos rocosos icónicos con un alto valor biogeográfico, poco se conoce sobre los mecanismos responsables de la estructuración de comunidades vegetales. El objetivo de esta investigación fue evaluar cómo el tamaño de los parches de vegetación influye en la relación especie-área y distribución de la abundancia de especies de una comunidad en un inselberg del Monumento Natural &#8220;Piedra La Tortuga&#8221;, región Guayana, Venezuela. Por este motivo, se establecieron tres preguntas de investigación: ¿Cuál es el efecto del tamaño de los parches sobre la riqueza de especies? ¿Qué tipo de modelo especie-área (SAR) presenta mejor ajuste en esos parches de vegetación? ¿Cómo es la distribución de las abundancias de las especies (SADs) es inducida por el tamaño de los parches? Se realizó un muestreo aleatorio estratificado en parches que oscilaron entre 0.34 y 14.8 m2, totalizando 40 unidades muestrales (226 m2). Todos los individuos encontrados en los 40 parches fueron identificados a nivel de especie. La composición florística en las diferentes muestras estuvo representada por 19 familias, 22 géneros y 24 especies, de las cuales 50 % son endémicas de inselbergs y dos están amenazadas de extinción. Se identificaron dos grupos de tamaños de parches (grandes 8-15 m2 y pequeños &#8804; 7.9 m2) en relación a la abundancia y composición de especies, con diferencias significativas entre los grupos. Las curvas de acumulación de especies para cada grupo de tamaño de parche muestran una tendencia contrastante con marcadas diferencias en la riqueza observada entre los grupos de tamaños de parches. Las curvas de los modelos SADs tuvieron un ajuste significativo de la serie geométrica en las dos categorías de parches. El modelo SAR de la función potencia presentó los mejores ajustes especie-área, donde el aumento del área de los parches explicó un 82 % de la variación en el aumento del número de especies. Los resultados de este estudio demuestran por primera vez como el tamaño de los parches de vegetación de un inselberg tropical tiene una fuerte influencia sobre la riqueza, distribución de la abundancia y composición de especies. Así mismo, se determinó que el modelo geométrico SAD presentó el mejor ajuste en la comunidad en función del tamaño de los parches como un indicador de recursos, donde la abundancia de una especie puede ser equivalente a una proporción del espacio ocupado. También se presume que los cambios de tamaño de los parches, podría estar asociado con la disponibilidad de nutrientes y agua, como ha sido demostrado en otros ambientes de tierras secas. En algunos estudios se ha argumentado que la variación en la composición de especies entre los perfiles de vegetación de inselbergs tropicales está condicionada principalmente por la estructura del hábitat y el déficit hídrico. Sin embargo, no se había discutido cómo el tamaño de los parches de vegetación tiene un efecto en la riqueza. Los análisis SADs y SAR pueden proporcionar explicaciones complementarias sobre la estructuración de comunidades vegetales en inselbergs.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Although inselbergs are iconic rock outcrops with a high biogeographic value, little is known about drivers responsible for the plant community assembly. The aim of this research was to evaluate how the patch size distribution of vegetation influences the species-area relationship and species abundance distribution of a community in an inselberg of the &#8220;Piedra La Tortuga&#8221; Natural Monument of the Guayana region, Venezuela. In this context, three research questions were established: What is the effect of patch size on species richness? What species-area model (SAR) has the best fit in those vegetation patches? How is the distribution of species abundances (SADs) induced by the patch size distribution? A stratified random sampling was performed in patches ranging from 0.34 to 14.8 m2, totaling 40 sampling units (226 m2). All individuals found in the 40 patches were identified at species level. The floristic composition in the different samples was represented by 19 families, 22 genera and 24 species, of which 50 % are endemic to inselbergs and two, are threatened of extinction. Two groups of patch sizes were identified (large 8-15 m2 and small &#8804; 7.9 m2) in relation to the abundance and composition of species. The species accumulation curves for each patch size group show a contrasting tendency with marked differences in the observed richness among patch size groups. The curves of the SADs models had a significant adjustment of the geometric series in the two categories of patches. The SAR model of the power function presented the best species-area adjustments, where the increase in patch area accounted for 82 % of the variation in the increase in the number of species. The results of this study demonstrate for the first time how vegetation patches of a tropical inselberg have a strong influence on richness, abundance distribution and species composition. Likewise, it was determined that the SAD geometric model presented the best fit in the community as a function of patch size as a resource indicator, where the abundance of a species can be equivalent to a proportion of the space occupied. It is also presumed that changes in patch sizes could be associated with nutrient and water availability, as has been demonstrated in other dryland environments. In some studies it has been argued that variation in species composition among vegetation profiles of tropical inselbergs is mainly conditioned by habitat structure and water deficit. However, it had not been discussed how the size of patches of vegetation has an effect on richness. SADs and SAR analyzes can provide complementary explanations on community assembly in inselbergs. Rev. Biol. Trop. 66(2): 937-951. Epub 2018 June 01.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estructura de comunidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[función potencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[parches de vegetación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[rarefacción]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[riqueza]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[serie geométrica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[community assembly]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[geometric series]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[power law]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rarefaction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[richness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vegetation patches]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alroy]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The hypothesis that niche space is multidimensional helps to explain how numerous species can coexist despite interacting strongly]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Science Advance]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>1</volume>
<page-range>1-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amarasekare]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Competitive coexistence in spatially structured environments: a synthesis]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology Letters]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<volume>6</volume>
<page-range>1109-22</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arrhenius]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Species and area]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Ecology]]></source>
<year>1921</year>
<volume>9</volume>
<page-range>95-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barbier]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Couteron]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lejoly]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Deblauwe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lejeune]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Self-organized vegetation patterning as a fingerprint of climate and human impact on semiarid ecosystems]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Ecology]]></source>
<year>2006</year>
<volume>94</volume>
<page-range>537-547.</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barbier]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bellot]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Couteron]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Parsons]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mueller]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E. N]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Short-range ecogeomorphic processes in drylands systems]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mueller]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wainwright]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Parsons]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Turnbull]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Patterns of land degradation in drylands: understanding self-organised ecogeomorphic systems]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<page-range>85-101</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Dordrecht, The Netherlands ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer-Verlag]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Szarzynski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mund]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Phytogeography and Vegetation of Tropical Inselbergs]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guillaumet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bein]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Puig]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Actes du colloque international de phytogéographie tropicale]]></source>
<year>1993</year>
<page-range>15-24</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Paris ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[ORSTOM editions]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Biedinger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Vascular Plants on Inselbergs: Vegetative and Reproductive Strategies]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Inselbergs - Biotic diversity of isolated rock outcrops in tropical and temperate regions]]></source>
<year>2000</year>
<page-range>117140</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Berlin, Heidelberg ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer-Verlag]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borda-de-Água]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. A. V.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hubbell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pereira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Spatial scaling of species abundance distributions]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecography]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>35</volume>
<page-range>549-56</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bremer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sander]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Inselbergs: Geomorphology and Geoecology]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Inselbergs - Biotic diversity of isolated rock outcrops in tropical and temperate regions]]></source>
<year>2000</year>
<page-range>7-34</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Berlin, Heidelberg ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer-Verlag]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cáceres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Llambí]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L. D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Shrubs as foundation species in a high tropical alpine ecosystem: a multi-scale analysis of plant spatial interactions]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Ecology and Diversity]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>147-61</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carrión]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gastauer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mesquita]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meira-Neto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. A. A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Facilitation as a driver of plant assemblages in Caatinga]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Arid Environments]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>142</volume>
<page-range>50-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chao]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gotelli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hsieh]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sander]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Colwell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aaron]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. E]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers: a framework for sampling and estimation in species diversity studies]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecological Monographs]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>84</volume>
<page-range>45-67</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chiarucci]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bacaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rocchini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ricotta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palmer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Scheiner]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Spatially constrained rarefaction: incorporating the autocorrelated structure of biological communities into sample-based rarefaction]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Community ecology]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>209-14</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chiarucci]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viciani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Winter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Diekmann]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Effect of productivity on species-area curves in herbaceous vegetation: evidence of experimental and observational data.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Oikos]]></source>
<year>2006</year>
<volume>115</volume>
<page-range>475-83</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Colwell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chao]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gotelli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mao]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. X.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chazdon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Longino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. T]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Models and estimators linking individual-based and samplebased rarefaction, extrapolation and comparison of assemblages]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal Plant Ecology]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>5</volume>
<page-range>3-21</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Colwell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mao]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. X.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chang]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Interpolating, extrapolating, and comparing incidencebased species accumulation curves]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>2004</year>
<volume>85</volume>
<page-range>2717-27</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B17">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Crawley]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Harral]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. E]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Scale dependence in plant biodiversity]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Science]]></source>
<year>2001</year>
<volume>291</volume>
<page-range>864-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B18">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dolnik]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Breuer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Scale dependency in the species-area relationship of plant communities]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Folia Geobotanica]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>43</volume>
<page-range>305-18</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B19">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Esteves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dumith]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Diversidad biológica en Amazonas: bases para una estrategia de gestión]]></source>
<year>1997</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Caracas ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[SADA-Amazonas-PNUD y Fundación polar]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B20">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fattorini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rigal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cardoso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. A. V]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Using species abundance distribution models and diversity indices for biogeographical analyses]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Acta Oecologica]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>70</volume>
<page-range>21-28.</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B21">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gleason]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[On the relation between species and area.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>1922</year>
<volume>3</volume>
<page-range>158-62</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B22">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Götzenberger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brathen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Davison]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dubuis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guisan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leps]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lindborg]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pärtel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pellissier]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pottier]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vittoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zobel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zobel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Ecological assembly rules in plant communities approaches, patterns and prospects]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Biological Reviews]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>87</volume>
<page-range>111-27</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B23">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gröger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Análisis preliminar de la flórula y vegetación del Monumento Natural &#8220;Piedra la Tortuga&#8221;, estado Amazonas, Venezuela]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Acta Botánica Venezuelica]]></source>
<year>1994</year>
<volume>17</volume>
<page-range>128-53</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B24">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gröger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Flora and vegetation of inselbergs of Venezuelan Guayana.]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Inselbergs - Biotic diversity of isolated rock outcrops in tropical and temperate regions]]></source>
<year>2000</year>
<page-range>291-314</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Berlin, Heidelberg ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer-Verlag]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B25">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gröger]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huber]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Rock outcrop habitats in the Venezuelan Guayana lowlands: their main vegetation types and floristic components.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Botânica]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
<page-range>599-609</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B26">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guilhaumon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mouillot]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gimenez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[mmSAR: an R-package for multimodel species-area relationship inference]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecography]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>420-4</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B27">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[He]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Condit]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The distribution of species: occupancy, scale, and rarity]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Storch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marquet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brown]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. H.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Scaling Biodiversity]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<page-range>32-50</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Cambridge ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B28">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huber]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Conservation of the Venezuelan Guayana.]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Steyermark]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Berry]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Holst]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana]]></source>
<year>1995</year>
<page-range>20-230</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Portland, Oregon ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Missouri Botanical Garden Press.]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B29">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kéfi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rietkerk]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alados]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pueyo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Y.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Papanastasis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V. P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ElAich]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. C]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Spatial vegetation patterns and imminent desertification in Mediterranean arid ecosystems]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Nature]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>449</volume>
<page-range>213-7</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B30">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kéfi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rietkerk]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Roy]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Franc]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pascual]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Robust scaling in ecosystems and the meltdown of patch size distributions before extinction]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology Letters]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>14</volume>
<page-range>29-35</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B31">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kolasa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Manne]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pandit]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Speciesarea relationships arise from interaction of habitat heterogeneity and species pool]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Hydrobiologia]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>685</volume>
<page-range>135-44</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B32">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Llamozas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Stefano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meier]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Riina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Stauffer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aymard]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huber]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Libro Rojo de la Flora Venezolana]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Caracas, Venezuela ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Provita, Fundación Polar, Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B33">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lüttge]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[U]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Physiological ecology of tropical plants]]></source>
<year>1997</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Berlín, Heidelberg ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer-Verlag]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B34">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Magurran]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Measuring biological diversity]]></source>
<year>2004</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Oxford ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Blackwell Science]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B35">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Magurran]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Henderson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. A]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Explaining the excess of rare species innatural species abundance distributions.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Nature]]></source>
<year>2003</year>
<volume>422</volume>
<page-range>714-6</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B36">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Matthew]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. B.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maestre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F. T]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Inferring local competition intensity from patch size distributions: a test using biological soil crusts]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Oikos]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>000</volume>
<page-range>001-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B37">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Matthews]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Triantis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rigal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borregaard]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guilhaumon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Whittaker]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Island species-area relationships and species accumulation curves are not equivalent: an analysis of habitat island datasets]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Global Ecology Biogeography]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>25</volume>
<page-range>607-18</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B38">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Matthews]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Whittaker]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[On the species abundance distribution in applied ecology and biodiversity Management]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Applied Ecology]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>52</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>443-54</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B39">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[McGill]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Etienne]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gray]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alonso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Anderson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benecha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[White]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.P]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology Letters]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<page-range>995-1015</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B40">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meloni]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Granzotti]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. R. F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bautista]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martinez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Scale dependence and patch size distribution: clarifying patch patterns in Mediterranean drylands]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecosphere]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>1-18.</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B41">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno de Las Heras]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Saco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Willgoose]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tongway]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Assessing landscape structure and pattern fragmentation in semiarid ecosystems using patch-size distributions.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecological Applications]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>21</volume>
<page-range>2793-805</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B42">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Neri]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. V.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G. R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Meira-Neto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. A. V.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Magnago]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L. F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Trotter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I. M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Schaefer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C. E. G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Soil and altitude drive diversity and functioning of Brazilian Páramos (campo de altitude)]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Plant Ecology]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<page-range>771-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B43">
<nlm-citation citation-type="">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oksanen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Blanchet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F. G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Friendly]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kindt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Legendre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[McGlinn]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wagner]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Vegan: Community Ecology Package]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B44">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[X]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Fundamental equations for species-area theory]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Scientific Reports]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>3</volume>
<page-range>1-3</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B45">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[X]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Application of fundamental equations to species-area theory]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[BMCEcology]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>16</volume>
<page-range>1-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B46">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Biodiversity of Terrestrial Habitat Islands - the Inselbergs Evidence]]></article-title>
<person-group person-group-type="editor">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Inselbergs - Biotic diversity of isolated rock outcrops in tropical and temperate regions]]></source>
<year>2000</year>
<page-range>507-13</page-range><publisher-loc><![CDATA[Berlin, Heidelberg ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Springer-Verlag]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B47">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Tropical inselbergs: habitat types, adaptive strategies and diversity patterns]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Botânica]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
<page-range>579-86</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B48">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barthlott]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Granitic and Gneissic Outcrops (Inselbergs) as Centers of Diversity for Desiccation-Tolerant Vascular Plants]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Plant Ecology]]></source>
<year>2000</year>
<volume>151</volume>
<page-range>19-28</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B49">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porembski]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F. A. O]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fiedler]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L. P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Watve]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rabarimanarivo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kouame]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[&amp;. Hopper]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S. D]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Worldwide destruction of inselbergs and related rock outcrops threatens a unique ecosystem]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Biodiversity and Conservation]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>13</numero>
<issue>13</issue>
<page-range>2827-30</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B50">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Preston]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F. W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Time and space and the variation of species]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>1960</year>
<volume>41</volume>
<page-range>611-27</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B51">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Qian]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[White]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Song]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Effects of regional vs. ecological factors on plant species richness: an intercontinental analysis]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>88</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<issue>6</issue>
<page-range>1440-53</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B52">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<collab>R Core Team</collab>
<source><![CDATA[R: A language and environment for statistical computing]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Vienna, Austria ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[R Foundation for Statistical Computing]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B53">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ricklefs]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lovette]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I. J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The role of island area per se and habitat diversity in the species-area relationship of four lesser Antillean faunal groups]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Animal Ecology]]></source>
<year>1999</year>
<volume>68</volume>
<page-range>1142-60</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B54">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ricklefs]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Qian]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[White]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P. S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The region effect on mesoscale plant species richness between eastern Asia and eastern North America]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecography]]></source>
<year>2004</year>
<volume>27</volume>
<page-range>129-36</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B55">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rietkerk]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[van de Koppel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Trends in Ecology and Evolution]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>23</volume>
<page-range>169-75</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B56">
<nlm-citation citation-type="book">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rosenzweig]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<source><![CDATA[Species diversity in space and time]]></source>
<year>1995</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Cambridge ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press]]></publisher-name>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B57">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sarthou]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kounda-Kiki]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vaçulik]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ponge]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. F]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Successional patterns on tropical inselbergs: a case study on the Nouragues inselberg (French Guiana)]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Flora]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>204</volume>
<page-range>396-407</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B58">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sizling]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Storch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sizlingová]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reif]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gaston]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K.J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Species abundance distribution results from a spatial analogy of central limit theorem]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of American]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>106</volume>
<numero>16</numero>
<issue>16</issue>
<page-range>6691-5</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B59">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Steinmann]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Eggenberg]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wohlgemuth]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Linder]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H. P.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zimmermann]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N. E]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Niches and noiseDisentangling habitat diversity and area effect on species diversity]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecological Complexity]]></source>
<year>2011</year>
<volume>8</volume>
<page-range>313-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B60">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Storch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The theory of the nested species-area relationship: geometric foundations of biodiversity scaling]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal Vegetation Science]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<issue>5</issue>
<page-range>880-91</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B61">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Svejcar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L. N.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bestelmeyer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B. T.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duniway]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[James]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D. K]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Scale-dependent feedbacks between patch size and plant reproduction in desert grassland]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecosystems]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>18</volume>
<page-range>146-153.</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B62">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tilman]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Competition and biodiversity in spatially structured habitats]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>1994</year>
<volume>75</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
<page-range>2-16</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B63">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tilman]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The ecological consequences of changes in biodiversity: A search for general principles.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>1999</year>
<volume>80</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<issue>5</issue>
<page-range>1455-74</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B64">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tjørve]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Shapes and functions of species-area curves (II): a review of new models and parameterizations]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Biogeography]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>36</volume>
<page-range>1435-45</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B65">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tjørve]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Arrhenius and Gleason revisited: new hybrid models resolve an old controversy]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Journal of Biogeography]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>39</volume>
<page-range>629-39</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B66">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tjørve]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tjørve]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. M. C]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[The species-area relationship, self-similarity, and the true meaning of the z-value]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ecology]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>89</volume>
<page-range>3528-33</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B67">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ulrich]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ollik]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ugland]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[K. I]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[A metaanalysis of species-abundance distributions]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Oikos]]></source>
<year>2010</year>
<volume>119</volume>
<page-range>1149-55</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B68">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ulrich]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soliveresb]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Thomas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dougilld]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A. J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maestre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F. T]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Environmental correlates of species rank-abundance distributions in global drylands]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Perspectives in PlantEcology , Evolution and Systematics]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>20</volume>
<page-range>56-64</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B69">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vergnon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[van Nees]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R. H.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Scheffer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Emergent neutrality leads to multimodal species abundance distributions]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Nature Communication]]></source>
<year>2012</year>
<volume>3</volume>
<page-range>1-6</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B70">
<nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wilber]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. Q.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kitzes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J.]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Harte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Scale collapse and the emergence of the power law species-area relationship]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Global Ecology and Biogeography]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>8</numero>
<issue>8</issue>
<page-range>883-95</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
