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The Relationship between Local Species Richness and Species Pool: A Case Study from the High Mountains of the Greater Caucasus

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The causes of linear relationships between local species richness and the size of the actual species pool in closed subalpine meadow communities and open plant communities of the alpine stony substrate (the Greater Caucasus Mountains) were analyzed using a computer simulation model. The results demonstrated that this relationship is insufficient evidence for the variation of local species richness among communities is wholly or partly determined by regional processes (the species-pool hypothesis). A relatively proportional ratio between these variables can also arise where local species richness and the size of the species pool both depend on local processes, or where local species richness is determined by local factors alone while the size of the species pool is determined by both local and regional factors.

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  1. Maikop State Technological Institute, Pervomaiskaya str. 191, 385000, Maikop, Russia

    Valeriy Akatov & Sergey Chefranov

  2. Caucasus State Reserve, Sovetskaya str. 187, 385000, Maikop, Russia

    Tatjana Akatova

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Akatov, V., Chefranov, S. & Akatova, T. The Relationship between Local Species Richness and Species Pool: A Case Study from the High Mountains of the Greater Caucasus. Plant Ecol 181, 9–22 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-004-5088-5

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