All dispersal functions are wrong, but many are useful: A response to Cousens etal.

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Bullock, J. M. - Hooftman, D. A. P. - Tamme, R. - Götzenberger, Lars - Pärtel, M. - González, L. M. - White, S. M.
All dispersal functions are wrong, but many are useful: A response to Cousens etal.
Journal of Ecology. Roč. 106, č. 3 (2018), s. 907-910. ISSN 0022-0477. E-ISSN 1365-2745
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: seed dispersal * probability density function * prediction
Obor OECD: Ecology
Impakt faktor: 5.687, rok: 2018

We demonstrate that the logic that a mechanistically based function could fit to data is valid, under the hypothesis that it encompasses the key processes determining the dispersal kernel. This argument is supported by the facts that: (1) our analyses and others have shown the WALD performs well in a number of cases, and (2) the WALD is the best-fitting function for an example in which we simulate dispersal data using a realistic representation of variability in the wind dispersal process.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0283789