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The Effect of Sampling Effort on the Mean of Range Size Distributions Megan Ruffley Ivn Jimnez Talk Outline Introduction Working Hypothesis Methods Study System Quantification of Sampling Effort Computer Simulation


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The Effect of Sampling Effort on the Mean of Range Size Distributions

Megan Ruffley Iván Jiménez

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of Sampling Effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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Species’ Range Size Distributions Range Size # of Species

Gaston, 2003

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Species’ Range Size Distributions Range Size # of Species

Mean of Range Size Distribution

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Species’ Range Size Distributions Range Size # of Species

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Species’ Range Size Distributions Range Size # of Species

Mean of Range Size Distribution1 Mean of Range Size Distribution 2

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Region Mean Range Size Conservation Priority

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Means of Range Size Distributions for Vascular Plants

Morueta-Holme, et al. 2013

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of Collection Effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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A quantitative model that relates the effects of sampling effort to bias in estimates of the mean

  • f range size distributions.

Working Hypothesis

Where P.m is the probability of not discovering a species, d is detectability, Ci is sampling effort, AOO is geographic range size measured as area of

  • ccupancy
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Working Hypothesis

X X X X X

longitude latitude

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Working Hypothesis Sampling Effort

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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Bias in Estimates of the Mean of Range Size Distributions is defined as:

(Mean Range Size of discovered species – Mean Range Size of all species)

Working Hypothesis

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Working Hypothesis Sampling Effort

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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Working Hypothesis

  • Prediction 1: As mean sampling effort increases, the bias

in the estimate of the mean of range size distributions will decrease.

Mean Sampling Effort

Bias in Estimate of the Mean of RSD

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Sampling Effort

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Aggregation in Sampling Effort

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Working Hypothesis

  • Prediction 2: As spatial aggregation in sampling effort

increases, the bias in the estimate of the mean of range size distributions will increase.

Bias in Estimate of the Mean of RSD Spatial Aggregation in Sampling Effort

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of Collection Effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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Study System

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of Sampling Effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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Quantification of Sampling effort

  • 986,107 herbarium specimen

records used

  • Collector Days = unique

combinations of collector name and collection date (Sheth, et

  • al. 2012)
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X X X X X X X X X

X X X

X X X X X X X X X

longitude latitude

10 km 10 km

Quantification of Sampling effort

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10 x 10km cells

Quantification of Sampling effort

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Quantification of Sampling effort

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Quantification of Sampling effort

Relative Frequency of 100 x 100km cells Mean Sampling Effort

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Quantification of Sampling effort

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of Sampling Effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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Computer Simulation Experiment

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Computer Simulation Experiment

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Computer Simulation Experiment

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Computer Simulation Experiment

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100,000 Species

Computer Simulation Experiment

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Computer Simulation Experiment

100 x 100km

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Computer Simulation Experiment

Bias in Estimates of Mean Range Size is defined as:

(Mean Range Size of discovered species – Mean Range Size of all species)

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of Sampling Effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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Prediction 1: As mean sampling effort increases, the bias in the estimate of the mean of range size distributions will decrease.

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Prediction 1: As mean sampling effort increases, the bias in the estimate of the mean of range size distributions will decrease.

Mean Sampling Effort Bias in the Estimate of Mean of RSD

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Prediction 2: As spatial aggregation in sampling effort increases, the bias in the estimate of the mean of range size distributions will increase.

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Bias in Mean RSD (partial residuals)

Prediction 2: As spatial aggregation in sampling effort increases, the bias in the estimate of the mean of range size distributions will increase. Spatial Aggregation in Sampling Effort

Bias in the Estimate of Mean of RSD

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Talk Outline

  • Introduction
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Methods

– Study System – Quantification of sampling effort – Computer Simulation Experiment

  • Results
  • Conclusions & Implications
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Conclusions

  • Mean sampling effort is higher in the Andes

than Amazonia.

  • Spatial aggregation of sampling effort is lower

in the Andes than Amazonia.

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Conclusions

  • Mean sampling effort has a negative

relationship with bias in estimates of the mean of range size distributions.

  • Spatial aggregation in sampling effort has a

positive relationship with bias in estimates of the mean of range size distributions.

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Implications

  • Current descriptions of geographic variation in

RSD (Morueta-Holme, et al. 2013) and the density of narrowly distributed plant species across the Neotropics (Myers, et al. 2000; Pimm, et al. 2014) may be more fiction than substance, and should be regarded as highly tentative at best.

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Acknolwedgments

  • David Bogler
  • Burgund Bassuner
  • The Center for Conservation and

Sustainable Development

  • 2014 REU interns at the Missouri Botanical

Garden.

  • National Science Foundation.
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Questions?