Disturbance macroecology: a comparative study of community structure metrics in a high‐severity disturbance regime

Macroecological studies have established widespread patterns of species diversity and abundance in ecosystems but have generally restricted their scope to relatively steady‐state systems. As a result, how macroecological metrics are expected to scale in ecosystems that experience natural disturbance regimes is unknown. We examine macroecological patterns in a fire‐dependent forest of Bishop pine ( Pinus muricata ). We target two different‐aged...