Neutral and non-neutral macroecology

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-422

  Maurer, Brian A ^a   McGill, Brian J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity dynamics; Macroecology; Metacommunity; Neutral model

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344261568     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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