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Response to Collins et al. (2011)
Author(s) -
Sanderson James G.,
Diamond Jared,
Pimm Stuart L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of biogeography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1365-2699
pISSN - 0305-0270
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02575.x
Subject(s) - biogeography , archipelago , geography , biology , ecology , archaeology
We note serious problems in Collins et al. (Journal of Biogeography , 2011, doi: 10.1111/j.1365‐2699.2011.02506.x ): failure to use over 80% of the available data; failure to use one of the two available archipelagoes; mistaken inclusion of four species; and reliance on a grossly inadequate number of null matrices. Curing the paper of these problems would have strengthened the evidence for checkerboards and the role of competition.