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McGill, Brian J.

Current S-Index

7.6

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Average Dataset Index per Dataset

0.4

Average Dataset Index per dataset

Total Datasets

18

Total datasets for this author

Average FAIR Score

81.8%

Average FAIR Score per dataset

Total Citations

1

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Total Mentions

0

Total mentions of the author's datasets

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Data from: Species richness change across spatial scales (Version: 1)

<b>Abstract</b><br/>Humans have elevated global extinction rates and thus lowered global-scale species richness. However, there is no a priori reason to expect that losses of global species richness should always, or even often, trickle down to losses of species richness at regional and local scales, even though this relationship is often assumed. Here, we show that scale can modulate our estimates of species richness change through time in the face of anthropogenic pressures, but not in a unidirectional way. Instead, the magnitude of species richness change through time can increase, decrease, reverse, or be unimodal across spatial scales. Using several case studies, we show different forms of scale-dependent richness change through time in the face of anthropogenic pressures. For example, Central American corals show a homogenization pattern, where small scale richness is largely unchanged through time, while larger scale richness change is highly negative. Alternatively, birds in North America showed a differentiation effect, where species richness was again largely unchanged through time at small scales, but was more positive at larger scales. Finally, we collated data from a heterogeneous set of studies of different taxa measured through time from sites ranging from small plots to entire continents, and found highly variable patterns that nevertheless imply complex scale-dependence in several taxa. In summary, understanding how biodiversity is changing in the Anthropocene requires an explicit recognition of the influence of spatial scale, and we conclude with some recommendations for how to better incorporate scale into our estimates of change.

Authors

  • Chase, Jonathan M. ;
  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Thompson, Patrick L. ;
  • Antão, Laura H. ;
  • Bates, Amanda E. ;
  • Blowes, Shane A. ;
  • Dornelas, Maria ;
  • Gonzalez, Andrew ;
  • Magurran, Anne E. ;
  • Supp, Sarah R. ;
  • Winter, Marten ;
  • Bjorkmann, Anne D. ;
  • Bruelheide, Helge ;
  • Byrnes, Jarrett E.K. ;
  • Cabral, Juliano Sarmento ;
  • Ehali, Robin ;
  • Gomez, Catalina ;
  • Guzman, Hector M. ;
  • Isbell, Forest ;
  • Myers-Smith, Isla H. ;
  • Jones, Holly P. ;
  • Hines, Jessica ;
  • Vellend, Mark ;
  • Waldock, Conor ;
  • O'Connor, Mary
1 Citation0 Mentions42% FAIR0.8 Dataset Index
10.14288/1.03980362020

data_for_dryad (Version: 1)

No description available

Authors

  • Chase, Jonathan ;
  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Thompson, Patrick ;
  • Antão, Laura ;
  • Bates, Amanda ;
  • Blowes, Shane ;
  • Dornelas, Maria ;
  • Gonzalez, Andrew ;
  • Magurran, Anne ;
  • Supp, Sarah ;
  • Winter, Marten ;
  • Bjorkmann, Anne ;
  • Bruelheide, Helge ;
  • Byrnes, Jarrett ;
  • Cabral, Juliano Sarmento ;
  • Ehali, Robin ;
  • Gomez, Catalina ;
  • Guzman, Hector ;
  • Isbell, Forest ;
  • Myers-Smith, Isla ;
  • Jones, Holly ;
  • Hines, Jessica ;
  • Vellend, Mark ;
  • Waldock, Conor ;
  • O'Connor, Mary
0 Citations0 Mentions77% FAIR1.9 Dataset Index
10.5061/dryad.2jk717g/12019

Appendix D. A description of the algorithms and usage of code for fitting analytical ZSM.

A description of the algorithms and usage of code for fitting analytical ZSM.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.35262232016

Appendix D. A description of the algorithms and usage of code for fitting analytical ZSM.

A description of the algorithms and usage of code for fitting analytical ZSM.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.3526223.v12016

Appendix C. Details of statistical methods for comparing SAD fits.

Details of statistical methods for comparing SAD fits.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.35262262016

Appendix C. Details of statistical methods for comparing SAD fits.

Details of statistical methods for comparing SAD fits.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.3526226.v12016

Appendix B. Summaries of empirical tests.

Summaries of empirical tests.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.35262292016

Appendix B. Summaries of empirical tests.

Summaries of empirical tests.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.3526229.v12016

Appendix A. Detailed comparison of neutral models.

Detailed comparison of neutral models.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.35262322016

Supplement 1. The Matlab source code containing the algorithm described in Appendix D to fit the analytical ZSM.

File List Individual Matlab files estimate_anal_ZSM.m
estimate_anal_zsm_theta.m
expphi.m
getphi.m
isvector.m
myhistc.m
philocal.m
plotexpphi.m
sadhist.m
solvetheta.m
All files at once anzsm.zip - Contains all Matlab files Description This paper will calculate Eq. 7 in Volkov et al. (2003. Nature 424:1035–1037) and estimate the parameters θ and m that make the ZSM best fit a particular data set. Details are found at Appendix D.

Authors

  • McGill, Brian J. ;
  • Maurer, Brian A. ;
  • Weiser, Michael D.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.3 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.35262202016