Deriving a neutral model of species abundance from fundamental mechanisms of population dynamics

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 187-193

  He, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community assembly rules; Local community; Metacommunity; Migration rates; Neutral theory; Population demographics; Spatial scale; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSEMBLY RULE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

APHIDIDAE; AVES; PISCES;

EID: 16844379117     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00944.x     Document Type: Review

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