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Sampling Effects and Host Ranges in Australian Mistletoes
Author(s) -
Grenfell Matt,
Burns Kevin C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00586.x
Subject(s) - biogeography , sampling (signal processing) , range (aeronautics) , ecology , host (biology) , biology , geography , computer science , materials science , filter (signal processing) , composite material , computer vision
The number of host species utilized by Australian mistletoe species increases with their geographic range sizes. Rather than resulting from deterministic processes, we demonstrate that this pattern results from wider‐ranging species being sampled more efficiently, and we discuss how sampling effects might be addressed in future analyses of mistletoe biogeography.