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Science 26 November 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5445, p. 1645
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5445.1645o
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Harte et al. (Reports, 9 Apr., p. 334) argued that the probability distribution of species is self-similar with respect to area and use this notion to reconcile and address several common species-area relations. Maddux and Athreya comment that the model of Harte et al. "implies that species are distributed in one of three trivial ways" and thus conclude that the law is "in general...invalid." Harte et al. respond that "patch...shape does matter" and that the prediction made by [their] theory about the dependence of species richness on patch shape is reasonable."The full text of these comments can be seen at www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full//286/5445/1647a




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