title: Comment on "Global correlations in tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality".
abstract: Ricklefs and Renner (Reports, 27 January 2012, p. 464) have argued that the neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography cannot explain the correlations in family abundances and species richness found between tropical forests from distinct continents. However, we show that such patterns can arise from neutral processes of diversification, migration, and drift over large spatial and temporal scales.
authors: Université Montpellier 2 and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR-AMAP, TA A-51/PS2, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France. francois.munoz@cirad.fr
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Munoz
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Couteron
authors: Stephen P
authors: SP
authors: Hubbell
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D014197:Trees