Developing a framework for inferring spatial biodiversity: quantifying the "beta-diversity" patterns

An international research team led by Ryosuke Iritani, Senior Research Scientist at RIKEN iTHEMS, has developed a theoretical framework to estimate the probability distribution of spatial biodiversity. This interdisciplinary work uses fuzzy set theory to formulate species presence-absence in a community, armed with analytical techniques and concepts from mathematics and theoretical physics.

This work enables a quantitative assessment of differences and variations in species richness across regions, contributing to the prediction of how environmental changes in the biosphere influence biodiversity.

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