A test of the unified neutral theory of biodiversity

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6934, 2003, Pages 881-885

  McGill, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

NEUTRAL THEORY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0037464582     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01583     Document Type: Article

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