Whether entire communities of organisms converge towards predictable structural properties in similar environmental conditions remains controversial. We tested for community convergence in birds by comparing the structure of oceanic archipelago assemblages with their respective regional species pools.

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确定性组装和人为灭绝推动岛屿鸟类群落的融合

在相似的环境条件下，整个生物群落是否趋于可预测的结构特性仍然存在争议。我们通过比较海洋群岛组合的结构与其各自的区域物种库来测试鸟类的群落收敛性。