Random sampling of skewed distributions implies Taylor's power law of fluctuation scaling

JE Cohen, M Xu - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Taylor's law (TL), a widely verified quantitative pattern in ecology and other sciences,
describes the variance in a species' population density (or other nonnegative quantity) as a …

Ecological prophets: quantifying metapopulation portfolio effects

SC Anderson, AB Cooper… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A financial portfolio metaphor is often used to describe how population diversity can
increase temporal stability of a group of populations. The portfolio effect (PE) refers to the …

Stochastic multiplicative population growth predicts and interprets Taylor's power law of fluctuation scaling

JE Cohen, M Xu, WSF Schuster - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Taylor's law (TL) asserts that the variance of the density (individuals per area or volume) of a
set of comparable populations is a power-law function of the mean density of those …

A process-independent explanation for the general form of Taylor's law

X Xiao, KJ Locey, EP White - The American Naturalist, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
Taylor's law (TL) describes the scaling relationship between the mean and variance of
populations as a power law. TL is widely observed in ecological systems across space and …

The observed range for temporal mean‐variance scaling exponents can be explained by reproductive correlation

F Ballantyne IV, A J. Kerkhoff - Oikos, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The mean‐variance scaling relationship known as Taylor's power law has been well
documented empirically over the past four decades but a general theoretical explanation for …

[PDF][PDF] Power laws in cone production of longleaf pine across its native range in the United States

X Chen, Q Guo, DG Brockway - Sustainable Agriculture …, 2017 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Abstract Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forests in the southeastern United States are
considered endangered ecosystems, because of their dramatic decrease in area since …

Taylor's law holds in experimental bacterial populations but competition does not influence the slope

J Ramsayer, S Fellous, JE Cohen… - Biology …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Populations vary in time and in space, and temporal variation may differ from spatial
variation. Yet, in the past half century, field data have confirmed both the temporal and …

Spatial variance-mass allometry of population density in felids from camera-trapping studies worldwide

S Anile, S Devillard - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Power laws are cornerstone relationships in ecology and evolutionary biology. The density-
mass allometry (DMA), which predicts an allometric scaling of population abundance, and …

Determining the effects of government's perceived ecological roles on Chinese consumers' proenvironmental attitude, and green consumerism: The moderating effect …

TB Okbagaber - Journal of Public Affairs, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While the normative ecological roles of a government's effect on consumers' proecological
attitude and green consumerism have received less attention, greenwashing interaction …

Comparison of five methods for parameter estimation under Taylor's power law

P Shi, DA Ratkowsky, N Wang, Y Li, L Zhao… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Taylor's power law (TPL) can be applied to the mean-variance relationship for various
quantities, eg, population densities over space and time, biomass of plants in the growth …