Biodiversity Models: What If Unsaturation Is the Rule? Rubén G. Mateo, Karel Mokany, Antoine Guisan  Trends in Ecology & Evolution  Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 556-566 (August 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.05.003 Copyright © 2017 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Figure I Main Theoretical Implications for Saturation and Unsaturation. The main theoretical differences and implications in community ecology assuming communities as saturated or unsaturated. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2017 32, 556-566DOI: (10.1016/j.tree.2017.05.003) Copyright © 2017 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Figure I Main Biodiversity Drivers across Scales. The main drivers influencing species diversity (purple) across scales, considering theories that reflect communities as unsaturated at local (brown), regional (green), and continental (blue) scales. Triangles express the magnitude of the relationship (the wider part reflects greater magnitude) between the driver and the biodiversity. Integrated biodiversity modelling frameworks could be used to consider the final predicted composition or species richness as a probability distribution (δ), whose properties (i.e., mean and variance) depend on the different drivers and processes at different scales (γl, γr, γc). Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2017 32, 556-566DOI: (10.1016/j.tree.2017.05.003) Copyright © 2017 The Authors Terms and Conditions