Taylor's Law, Smith's Law, and Diversity Power Laws: A Novel Triple Power Law Methodology for Scaling Diversity and Heterogeneity
Taylor's power law (TPL) and Smith's power law (SPL) are two foundational scaling laws describing how variance scales with mean density and plot area, respectively. While TPL captures ecological heterogeneity (variation among interacting organisms), SPL captures environmental heterogeneity (variation in the abiotic template). Diversity scaling, traditionally approached through species-area…
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