Nestedness pattern of insular community assemblages and its applications

Abstract

Abstract: Many studies showed that most species present on small islands also occurred on larger,more species-rich islands. Such a nonrandom distribution pattern was termed a "nestedness pattern". Nestedness has important implications for biological conservation,and it was thought as the focal principle in the SLOSS (single large or several small)debate in conservation biology other than the species-area relationship. Nevertheless,with further studies,especially with further insight of nestedness,various views,models and hypothesis had been put forward,concerning its implications,causalities,methodology and sensitivities. In this paper,the concept of nestedness,study methods,its implications for biological conservation,and existing disagreements among them were reviewed.

Key words: Myzus persicae, Imidacloprid, Low sublethal sprays, Bioassay, Time-concentration-mortality modeling

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CHEN Shuihua, WANG Yujun. Nestedness pattern of insular community assemblages and its applications[J]. cje, 2004, (3): 81-87.

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