Disentangling dispersion from mean reveals true heterogeneity-diversity relationships

Abstract Understanding the effect of heterogeneity is fundamental to numerous fields. In community ecology, classical theory postulates that habitat heterogeneity determines niche dimensionality and drives biodiversity. However, disparate heterogeneity-diversity relationships have been empirically o...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Cameron Pellett, Rubén Valbuena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-09-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64287-0