Submitted:
02 April 2019
Posted:
03 April 2019
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Abstract
Data on the seasonally dry tropical forests of Mexico have been examined in the light of statistical mechanics. The results suggest a division into two classes of species. There are drifting populations of a cosmopolitan class capable of existing in most dry forest sites; these have a statistical distribution previously only observed (globally) for populations of alien species. A high proportion of species found only at a single site are endemic and these prefer sites comparatively low in species richness.
Keywords:
statistical mechanics
; resource partitioning
; distribution of species
; seasonally dry tropical forest
; biotic resistance
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