Number of

1
experiments, models
Number of species in species assembly
Ecosystem function measures
patterns
theory
long-term consequence, over generations of spp.
2
SE Asia Japan
Mount Kinabalu
Aboveground NPP (kg m-2 y-1)
(Kohyama et al. 1999)
(Aiba and Kitayama 2005)
3
Unified neutral theory of species-abundance
pattern
Assembly of species with identical traits
Local assembly maintained by migration/extinction
Global species pool maintained by evolutionary
turnover
Hubbell (2001)
4
An alternative explanation of species-abundance
pattern
General L-V equations of interacting species
Tokita (2004)
5
LatFor-G Simulating community response to
warming on a geographic scale (Takenaka 2001)
6
(No Transcript)
7
warm community
cool community
front of invasion
Two communities (with 10 spp. each), shifting
their distribution range along thermal gradient
in response to warming
8
 (Kohyama 2005)