Too simple models may predict the island rule for the wrong reasons

José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho; Shai Meiri; Joaquin Hortal; Ana M.C. Santos; Pasquale Raia

doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13878

Too simple models may predict the island rule for the wrong reasons

José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho, Shai Meiri, Joaquin Hortal, Ana M.C. Santos, Pasquale Raia

School of Zoology

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

Biddick & Burns (2021) proposed a null/neutral model that reproduces the island rule as a product of random drift. We agree that it is unnecessary to assume adaptive processes driving island dwarfing or gigantism, but several flaws make their approach unrealistic and thus unsuitable as a stochastic model for evolutionary size changes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2521-2523
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	24
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13878
State	Published - Nov 2021

Keywords

adaptation
body mass
genetic drift
island rule
macroecology
macroevolution
neutral models
null models
quantitative genetics
randomisation

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Too simple models may predict the island rule for the wrong reasons

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