The Spacing and Intermingling of Species Boundaries on an Environmental Gradient

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Abstract
Different models of how species are arranged on an environmental gradient result in different amounts of clumping of the species boundaries. A statistical test of the degree to which the boundaries are clumped is presented here and a measure of the variability of inter-boundary distance is discussed. To complement the tests, a method for detecting those portions of the gradient on which the boundaries are most clumped together is described. In addition, a test of the extent to which the upper and lower boundaries of species are intermingled is presented. The methods are illustrated using the arrangements of seaweed species on rocky shores.

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