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| The application of island biogeography theory in habitat fragmentation
research assumes a simple relationship between species richness and fragment area.
However, previous work has suggested that in some cases thresholds can be detected,
at which the form of the island species–area relationship (ISAR) changes abruptly.
Piecewise regression has been advocated as a suitable statistical technique to model
such thresholds. Here we first provide a comparative analysis of piecewise regression
models to determine the prevalence and type of thresholds in habitat island ISARs.
Second, we evaluate piecewise regression as a method for locating thresholds in the
ISAR, with particular emphasis on the implications of data transformation. | |
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