Comparing classical community models: Theoretical consequences for patterns of diversity

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Chave, Jérôme ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Dispersal; Ecological community; Neutral model; Spatial ecology; Trade off model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0036149349     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324112     Document Type: Article

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