Conclusion
The results of this study show that assessing species richness patterns
at multiple grains provides insight into community assembly processes.
Variables can exhibit scale-dependent relationships with plant species
richness, with some variables having detectable effect on species
richness at finer grain sizes, while the influence of others may only
become more apparent at coarser grain. Ultimately, using several grains
increases understanding of the spatial component of species assemblage
patters in response to underlying drivers of species richness.