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Appendix S1 – Types of null model tests used in the papers evaluated in this study.

Author(s) / Citation1 / Direct test / Indirect test
Ackerly et al 2006 / Ecology 87:S50-S61 / no / yes
Adams 2007 / Ecology 88:1292-1299 / yes / no
Albrecht and Gotelli 2001 / Oecologia 126:134-141 / yes / no
Almeida-Neto et al 2007 / Oikos 116:716-722 / yes / no
Arim and Marquet 2004 / EL 7:557-564 / no / yes
Arrington et al 2005 / Oecologia 144:157-167 / no / yes
Azeria et al 2009 / GEB 18:333-345 / no / yes
Bascompte and Melian 2005 / Ecology 86:2868-2873 / yes / no
Beketov 2009 / GEB 18:498-506 / yes / yes
Bell 2005 / Ecology 86:1757-1770 / no / yes
Blanchet et al 2010 / EL 13:421-431 / no / yes
Bluthgen et al 2009 / Ecology 89:3387-3399 / yes / no
Burns 2006 / Oikos 115:427-432 / no / yes
Burns and Zotz 2010 / Ecology 91:377-385 / no / yes
Buston and Cant 2006 / Oecologia 149:362-372 / no / no
Chek et al 2003 / EL 6:235-247 / yes / no
Christian et al 2006 / Am Nat 168:421-430 / no / yes
Christians et al 2001 / JAE 70:1080-1087 / yes / no
Connolly et al 2003 / Ecology 84:2178-2190 / yes / no
Cornwell et al 2006 / Ecology 87:1465-1471 / no / yes
Crist et al 2003 / Am Nat 162:734-743 / yes / no
Diniz-Filho et al 2002 / EL 5:47-55 / no / yes
Dunn et al 2007 / GEB 16:305-312 / no / yes
Ellwood et al 2009 / EL 12:277-284 / yes / no
Englund et al 2009 / EL 12:663-671 / no / yes
Farias and Jaksic 2007 / JAE 76:246-257 / yes / no
Farias and Jaksic 2009 / Oikos 118:591-603 / no / yes
Feeley 2003 / Oecologia 137:104-113 / yes / no
Fox 2006 / Oikos 115:97-109 / no / yes
Fox et al 2000 / EL 3:198-206 / yes / no
Frank van Veen and Murrell 2005 / Ecology 86:3258-3263 / no / yes
Frick et al 2009 / Oecologia 158:687-697 / yes / no
Fridley et al 2004 / Ecology 85:3215-3222 / yes / no
Goheen et al. 2005 / Ecology 86:567-573 / yes / no
Gotelli and Arnett 2000 / EL 3:257-261 / no / yes
Gotelli and Ellison 2002 / Oikos 99:591-599 / yes / no
Gotelli and McCabe 2002 / Ecology 83:2091-2096 / yes / no
Gotelli and Rohde 2002 / EL 5:86-94 / yes / no
Green et al 2003 / EL 6:919-928 / yes / no
Harper and MacDonald 2001 / Ecology 82:649-659 / yes / no
Hausdorf and Hennig 2007 / Oikos 116:818-828 / yes / no
Helmus et al 2007 / EL 10:917-925 / yes / no
Hensor et al 2005 / Oikos 110:344-352 / no / no
Horner-Devine 2007 / Ecology 88:1345-1353 / yes / no
Hulcr et al 2008 / Oikos 117:214-222 / yes / no
Ingram and Shurin 2009 / Ecology 90:2444-2453 / yes / no
Jablonski and Hunt 2006 / Am Nat 168:556-564 / yes / no
Jankowski and Weyhenmeyer 2006 / Oikos 115:433-442 / no / yes
Jetz et al 2004 / EL 7:1180-1191 / no / yes
Joppa et al 2009 / EL 12:961-969 / no / yes
Kembel 2009 / EL 12:949-960 / yes / yes
Kembel and Hubbell 2006 / Ecology 87:S86-S99 / yes / yes
Kluge et al 2006 / GEB 15:358-371 / no / yes
Kohda et al 2008 / JAE 77:859-868 / no / yes
Larsen et al 2005 / EL 8:538-547 / yes / no
Leibold and Mikkelson 2002 / Oikos 97:237-250 / yes / no
Lindenmayer et al 2001 / Oikos 92:445-458 / no / yes
Lovette and Hochachka 2006 / Ecology 87:S14-S28 / yes / no
Lusk et al 2006 / Oikos 112:131-137 / yes / no
Lyons 2005 / Am Nat 165:E168-E185 / yes / no
Lytle 2002 / Ecology 83:370-385 / no / no
Manzaneda and Rey 2009 / Ecology 90:3009-3022 / no / yes
Marchinko et al 2004 / EL 7:114-120 / yes / no
Mayfield et al 2005 / Ecology 86:2365-2372 / no / yes
McCain 2005 / Ecology 86:366-372 / no / yes
Mena and Vazquez-Dominguez 2005 / GEB 14:539-547 / no / yes
Moore and Swihart 2007 / Oecologia 152:763-777 / yes / no
Morales et al 2005 / Oecologia 142:83-89 / yes / no
Mouillot et al 2005 / Oikos 109:447-460 / yes / no
Mouillot et al 2007 / Oecologia 152:729-737 / yes / no
Mouillot et al 2008 / Ecology 89:2043-2051 / yes / no
Nipperess and Beattie 2004 / Ecology 85:2728-2736 / yes / yes
Okuda et al 2009 / JAE 78:328-337 / no / yes
Parr 2008 / JAE 77:1191-1198 / yes / no
Pausas and Verdu 2008 / Ecology 89:2181-2186 / yes / yes
Poff et al 2003 / Oecologia 134:262-269 / no / yes
Potts et al 2004 / Oecologia 139:446-453 / no / yes
Prado and Lewinsohn 2004 / JAE 73:1168-1178 / yes / no
Presley and Willig 2010 / GEB 19:185-199 / yes / no
Presley et al 2009 / Oecologia 160:781-793 / no / yes
Rabosky et al 2007 / Oecologia 154:561-570 / no / no
Sanders et al 2007 / GEB 16:640-649 / no / yes
Schamp and Aarssen 2009 / Oikos 118:564-572 / yes / no
Seymour et al 2003 / Oikos 103:162-174 / no / yes
Sfenthourakis et al 2005 / GEB 15:39-49 / yes / no
Sizling et al 2009 / Am Nat 174:82-93 / yes / no
Smith et al 2009 / EL 12:1069-1078 / yes / no
Spatharis et al 2009 / Oecologia 159:171-180 / yes / no
Stark et al 2006 / EL 9:136-141 / yes / no
Stirling and Wilsey 2001 / Am Nat 158:286-299 / no / yes
Sweson et al 2006 / Ecology 87:2418-2424 / no / yes
Symonds and Johnson 2006 / GEB 15:143-152 / yes / no
Tello et al 2008 / Oikos 117:693-702 / yes / no
Thornber and Gaines 2004 / Ecology 85:1661-1674 / no / yes
Tirado and Pugnaire 2005 / Oikos 111:437-444 / no / yes
Ulrich 2004 / Oikos 107:603-609 / no / yes
Ulrich and Gotelli 2007 / Ecology 88:1824-1831 / no / yes
Vazquez and Aizen 2004 / Ecology 85:1251-1257 / yes / no
Vazquez et al 2005 / JAE 74:946-955 / yes / no
Vazquez et al 2007 / Oikos 116:1120-1127 / no / yes
Veech 2000 / Ecology 81:1143-1149 / yes / no
Veech 2005 / Oikos 108:149-155 / yes / no
Verdu and Valiente-Banuet 2008 / Am Nat 172:751-760 / yes / no
Villeger et al 2008 / Ecology 89:2290-2301 / no / yes
Wagner 2003 / Ecology 84:1045-1057 / no / yes
Watkins and Bastow-Wilson 2003 / Oikos 102:525-532 / yes / no
Wonham and Pachepsky 2006 / EL 9:663-672 / no / yes
Zimmerman et al 2009 / Ecology 90:2994-3008 / yes / no

1 The following abbreviations are used: Am Nat – American Naturalist, EL – Ecology Letters, GEB – Global Ecology and Biogeography, JAE – Journal of Animal Ecology