On Estimating the Species-Area Relationship: Commenting Loehle

e.g., varying the range of the data in the Monte Carlo trial (Dunn and Loehle 1988), and eliminated as factors causing failure to reject the null hypothesis. In conclusion, care must be taken when working with species-area data, particularly for comparing equations and drawing conclusions about the values of parameters. The problems pointed out here are not well known to ecologists and deserve consideration. Particular care should be taken when using results from statistical computer packages.