Fig. 2: Kernel density plots for global abundance–distance correlations for 3660 animal and plant species. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Kernel density plots for global abundance–distance correlations for 3660 animal and plant species.

From: Plants with higher dispersal capabilities follow ‘abundant-centre’ distributions but such patterns remain rare in animals

Fig. 2

Abundance–distance relationships were calculated using Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficients (rs) visualised for animal taxonomic group (birds, freshwater fishes, mammals and reef fishes) and plant functional group (grasses, herbs, shrubs and trees). An ‘abundant-centre’ distribution would be expected to feature predominantly negative rs values (illustrated in top-left panel). a Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 1683 bird species, b Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 44 freshwater fish species, c Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 202 mammal species, d Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 1131 reef fish species, e Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 65 grass species, f Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 386 herb species, g Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 29 shrub species, and h) Kernel density distribution of abundance–distance relationships for 120 tree species. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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