Table 2. General set of calibrated quotas (q) and the relative abundances of species in the communities predicted with its aid (re is the rank of a species in a community in the experiment; rm is the rank of a species in a community according to the model; rq is the rank of a quota; S is Spearman's rank correlation factor)

 

 

Experimental run

Species

rq

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

re

rm

re

rm

re

rm

re

rm

re

rm

A. braunii

4

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. acicularis

9

4

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

4

4

S. obliquus

2

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. nivalis

8

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

 

 

Ch. cinnoborina

12

9

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. humicola

13

10

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. vulgaris

5

7

4

3

3

4

3

3

3

3

3

S. mirabilis

11

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

 

 

S. bijugatus

10

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. quadricauda

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

A. falcatus

6

 

 

6

4

3

4

4

4

2

2

Anacystis nidulans

1

 

 

1

1

1

1

1

1

 

 

Pleurochloris magna

7

 

 

4

5

5

5

5

5

 

 

S

 

0.915

0.929

0.976

1.000

1.000