1. The Maximum Entropy Formalism of statistical mechanics in a biological application: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology
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Pos, Edwin, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, Salomão, Rafael, Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina, Phillips, Oliver, Guevara, Juan Ernesto, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Magnusson, William, Wittmann, Florian, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, Sabatier, Daniel, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf, Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C.A., Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Ferreira Ramos, José, Hawes, Joseph, Almeida, Everton José, Barbosa, Luciane Ferreira, Cavalheiro, Larissa, dos Santos, Márcia Cléia Vilela, Garcia Luize, Bruno, de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes, Vargas, Percy Núñez, Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Costa Reis, Neidiane Farias, Terborgh, John, Casula, Katia Regina, Coronado, Euridice, Montero, Juan Carlos, Marimon, Beatriz, Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur, Feldpausch, Ted, Duque, Alvaro, Baraloto, Christopher, Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás, Engel, Julien, Petronelli, Pascal, Zartman, Charles Eugene, Killeen, Timothy, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Mostacedo, Bonifacio, Assis, Rafael, Schöngart, Jochen, Castellanos, Hernán, de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Andrade, Ana, Camargo, José Luís, Demarchi, Layon, Laurance, William, Laurance, Susan G.W., de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle, Lopes, Maria Aparecida, Magalhães, José Leonardo Lima, Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça, de Queiroz, Helder Lima, Aymard C., Gerardo, Brienen, Roel, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Costa, Flávia R.C., Quaresma, Adriano, Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães, Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat, Stevenson, Pablo, Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira, Duivenvoorden, Joost, Mogollón, Hugo, Ferreira, Leandro Valle, Comiskey, James, Draper, Freddie, de Toledo, José Julio, Damasco, Gabriel, Dávila, Nállarett, García-Villacorta, Roosevelt, Lopes, Aline, Vicentini, Alberto, Noronha, Janaína Costa, Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues, de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen, Emilio, Thaise, Levis, Carolina, de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos, Schietti, Juliana, Souza, Priscila, Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, Gomes, Vitor H.F., Lloyd, Jon, Neill, David, de Aguiar, Daniel Praia Portela, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arroyo, Luzmila, Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes, de Souza, Fernanda Coelho, do Amaral, Dário Dantas, Feeley, Kenneth, Gribel, Rogerio, Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti, Barlow, Jos, Berenguer, Erika, Ferreira, Joice, Fine, Paul V.A., Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro, Jimenez, Eliana, Licona, Juan Carlos, Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina, Peres, Carlos, Zegarra, Boris Eduardo Villa, Cerón, Carlos, Henkel, Terry, Maas, Paul, Silveira, Marcos, Stropp, Juliana, Thomas-Caesar, Raquel, Baker, Tim, Daly, Doug, Dexter, Kyle, Householder, John Ethan, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Pennington, Toby, Paredes, Marcos Ríos, Fuentes, Alfredo, Pena, José Luis Marcelo, Silman, Miles, Tello, J. Sebastián, Chave, Jerome, Valverde, Fernando Cornejo, Di Fiore, Anthony, Hilário, Renato Richard, Phillips, Juan Fernando, Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo, Van Andel, Tinde, Von Hildebrand, Patricio, Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques, de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos, Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette, Fonty, Émile, Gómez, Ricardo Zárate, Gonzales, Therany, Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo, Guillaumet, Jean-Louis, Hoffman, Bruce, Junqueira, André Braga, Malhi, Yadvinder, de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula, Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite, Prieto, Adriana, Rudas, Agustín, Ruschel, Ademir, Silva, Natalino, Vela, César I.A., Vos, Vincent Antoine, Zent, Egleé, Zent, Stanford, Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss, Cano, Angela, Correa, Diego, Costa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa, Flores, Bernardo Monteiro, Holmgren, Milena, Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade, Oliveira, Alexandre, Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma, Rocha, Maira, Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni, Sierra, Rodrigo, Tirado, Milton, Umaña, Maria Natalia, Van Der Heijden, Geertje, Vilanova Torre, Emilio, Vriesendorp, Corine, Wang, Ophelia, Young, Kenneth, Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto, Baider, Cláudia, Balslev, Henrik, Cárdenas, Sasha, Casas, Luisa Fernanda, Farfan-Rios, William, Ferreira, Cid, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Mendoza, Casimiro, Mesones, Italo, Torres-Lezama, Armando, Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego, Villarroel, Daniel, Zagt, Roderick, Alexiades, Miguel, Garcia-Cabrera, Karina, Hernandez, Lionel, Milliken, William, Cuenca, Walter Palacios, Pansini, Susamar, Pauletto, Daniela, Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy, Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe, Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis, Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela, Boenisch, Gerhard, Kattge, Jens, Kraft, Nathan, Levesley, Aurora, Melgaço, Karina, Pickavance, Georgia, Poorter, Lourens, Ter Steege, Hans, Utrecht University [Utrecht], Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, ONF - Direction régionale de la Guyane [Cayenne], Office National des Forêts (ONF), and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (VU)
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Information theory ,[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems ,Amazon rainforest ,Maximum entropy ,Biodiversity ,[SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy - Abstract
In a time of rapid global change, the question of what determines patterns in species abundance distribution remains a priority for understanding the complex dynamics of ecosystems. The constrained maximization of information entropy provides a framework for the understanding of such complex systems dynamics by a quantitative analysis of important constraints via predictions using least biased probability distributions. We apply it to over two thousand hectares of Amazonian tree inventories across seven forest types and thirteen functional traits, representing major global axes of plant strategies. Results show that constraints formed by regional relative abundances of genera explain almost ten times more of local relative abundances then constraints based on either directional or stabilizing selection for specific functional traits, although the latter does show clear signals of environmental dependency. These results provide a quantitative insight by inference from large-scale data using cross-disciplinary methods, furthering our understanding of ecological dynamics.
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- 2021