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Appendix B. Comparison of alternative zero-sum multinomial (ZSM) fits.

   FIG. B1. Comparison of MLEs of the zero-sum multinomial using the genealogically-derived likelihood with fits using the expected abundance distribution. (A, B) MLEs of q for the two methods, plotted against each other, for corals and fishes, respectively. The solid line is the unity line, where estimates from the two methods are identical. (C, D) Equivalent plots comparing MLEs of m.

 

   FIG. B2. Comparison of log-likelihood values of the zero-sum multinomial for (A, B) the full genealogical likelihood, and (C, D) the species-abundance based likelihood, for corals and fishes, respectively. Log-likelihoods in each case are calculated at the MLEs as obtained from the full genealogical likelihood (horizontal axis) and the species-abundance based likelihood (vertical axis).

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