[Taxacom] We're on a road to nowhere

[John Grehan]

I think this actually makes the point that the null hypothesis is not really that useful for Cyathea anymore than anything else.

John Grehan 

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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] We're on a road to nowhere

Well, it works when you are looking at spore bearing species.  Stand under a Cyathea with ripe sporangia and you really have to ask yourself, just why aren't these damn things everywhere?  I guess the same could be asked of marine species with a planktonic larval stage.

Often the why not question is more more interesting than the why question... :)

jim

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Rob Smissen <SmissenR at landcareresearch.co.nz> wrote:
> "Everything is everywhere" is the dispersalists null hypothesis. Not good for biogeography.

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