Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?

A main limitation in community ecology for making quantitative predictions on species abundances is often an incomplete knowledge of the parameters of the population dynamics models. The simplest linear Lotka-Volterra competition equations (LLVCE) for S species require S2 parameters to solve for equ...

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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Fort Hugo, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Física.
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Fort, H. "Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?". Community Ecology. [en línea] 2018, 19: 199–202. 4 h.
1585-8553
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Community Ecology, 2018, 19: 199–202
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments
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description A main limitation in community ecology for making quantitative predictions on species abundances is often an incomplete knowledge of the parameters of the population dynamics models. The simplest linear Lotka-Volterra competition equations (LLVCE) for S species require S2 parameters to solve for equilibrium abundances. The same order of experiments are required to estimate these parameters, namely the carrying capacities (from monoculture experiments) and the competition coefficients (from biculture or pairwise experiments in addition to monoculture ones). For communities with large species richness S it is practically impossible to perform all these experiments. Therefore, with an incomplete knowledge of model parameters it seems more reasonable to attempt to predict aggregated or mean quantities, defined for the whole community of competing species, rather than making more detailed predictions, like the abundance of each species. Here we test a recently derived analytical approximation for predicting the Relative Yield Total (RYT) and the Mean Relative Yield (MRY) as functions of the mean value of the interspecific competition matrix a and the species richness S. These formulae with only a fraction of the model parameters, are able to predict accurately empirical measurements covering a wide variety of taxa such as algae, vascular plants, protozoa. We discuss the dependence of these global community quantities on the species richness and the intensity of competition and possible applications are pointed out.
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spelling Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?Fort, HugoBiodiversity–ecosystem functioning experimentsQuantitative Lotka-Volterra competition theoryA main limitation in community ecology for making quantitative predictions on species abundances is often an incomplete knowledge of the parameters of the population dynamics models. The simplest linear Lotka-Volterra competition equations (LLVCE) for S species require S2 parameters to solve for equilibrium abundances. The same order of experiments are required to estimate these parameters, namely the carrying capacities (from monoculture experiments) and the competition coefficients (from biculture or pairwise experiments in addition to monoculture ones). For communities with large species richness S it is practically impossible to perform all these experiments. Therefore, with an incomplete knowledge of model parameters it seems more reasonable to attempt to predict aggregated or mean quantities, defined for the whole community of competing species, rather than making more detailed predictions, like the abundance of each species. Here we test a recently derived analytical approximation for predicting the Relative Yield Total (RYT) and the Mean Relative Yield (MRY) as functions of the mean value of the interspecific competition matrix a and the species richness S. These formulae with only a fraction of the model parameters, are able to predict accurately empirical measurements covering a wide variety of taxa such as algae, vascular plants, protozoa. We discuss the dependence of these global community quantities on the species richness and the intensity of competition and possible applications are pointed out.Akadémiai Kiadó, BudapestFort Hugo, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Física.2022-05-27T12:46:13Z2022-05-27T12:46:13Z2018Artículoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion4 happlication/pdfFort, H. "Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?". Community Ecology. [en línea] 2018, 19: 199–202. 4 h.1585-8553https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/3168310.1556/168.2018.19.2.12reponame:COLIBRIinstname:Universidad de la Repúblicainstacron:Universidad de la RepúblicaenengCommunity Ecology, 2018, 19: 199–202Las obras depositadas en el Repositorio se rigen por la Ordenanza de los Derechos de la Propiedad Intelectual de la Universidad de la República.(Res. Nº 91 de C.D.C. de 8/III/1994 – D.O. 7/IV/1994) y por la Ordenanza del Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de la República (Res. Nº 16 de C.D.C. de 07/10/2014)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLicencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0)oai:colibri.udelar.edu.uy:20.500.12008/316832026-04-14T10:09:48Z
spellingShingle Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
Fort, Hugo
Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments
Quantitative Lotka-Volterra competition theory
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title Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
title_full Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
title_fullStr Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
title_full_unstemmed Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
title_short Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
title_sort Can we make quantitative predictions for relative yield with incomplete knowledge of model parameters?
topic Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments
Quantitative Lotka-Volterra competition theory
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/31683