Scale-dependence of resource-biodiversity relationships

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-214

  Weitz, Joshua S ^a,b   Rothman, Daniel H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact process; Ecology; Neutral model; Resource availability; Spatial scale; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0142186695     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00239-X     Document Type: Article

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